Remember how last week I'd mentioned a video about biking through Chile's Atacama Desert? Funny how when you mention something once it keeps popping up. Latest today is an article about using the hyperarid environment of the Atacama as a proxy for Mars conditions. Article. Formal Paper.
Not really Mars, but if I'm going to pedal it'll do. Take out the two people in the mid-ground and paint the blue sky a dull red, and it'd be convincing.
Well that's pretty cool. Who'd have thought that essentially bikepacking on Mars would be just a plane ride plus a little jeep travel away? Don't even need a pressure suit, though I suppose if you really wanted to get the full experience you could find a mock-up at a reasonable cost.
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