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Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago

We mock the people that named Mars after the god of war because it looked like blood, calling them ignorant and superstitious. But Mars is red because of the iron content, and so is blood. So really

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We mock the people that named Mars after the god of war because it looked like blood, calling them ignorant and superstitious. But Mars is red because of the iron content, and so is blood. So really

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So not enough to turn blood red?
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  Mars is red because there was enough oxygen to oxidize the iron.
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    Yeah but its at trace levels now

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