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Now, that we are in the Garden is a "fact." Only "life" is aware that it is alive....  Many songs are written by our brothers. Male or female does not matter. It is life.... To live is to be alive... We need each other...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFnD3uwKHag

The polar aurora from mid latitudes. Life occurs on different levels. To be "wholly" alive, it must extend to the highest level. We see here the spark of complex life.... This must however be in a special place, on a rocky surface....
Jupiter has an aurora, but no rocky surface, just below. So many variables. So many outcomes......Here we go to Quantum Physics....

phenomenal_images_of_earth_7 by dfrank39, on Flickr

On Earth when the light comes, we get, "Tundra wild flowers."

Could surface eruption of water and associated humidity deny life on Mars?

tundra_wildflowers by dfrank39, on Flickr

Does Earth have red skies and crimson waters?  You bet ya. The reflections  and scatterings of color in water vapor and crystals on Earth are second only to the beauty of "life." That's why scientist were tripping on Mars skies....

Icebergs in Disko Bay, Greenland by dfrank39, on Flickr

PD*13378938 by dfrank39, on Flickr

Reference image for the aurora. Funny, it is the molten core of Earth that makes the magnetic field. A great Earth image of water in liquid and solid. The geology shows a convergence zone. Without mountains, there would be no mountain men.....

lyngen-alps-aurora-1-24_47737_600x450 by dfrank39, on Flickr

This image speaks of a cold dusty world. Visibility reduced in dust to around 3 nautical miles. Temperature data from REMS, seems to have been suspended from public viewing. Night-time temps are warmer no doubt, Day-time temperatures, colder. Unexpected swings due to inversions and hyper cooling most likely.

So, cold and dusty conditions. Is this a local event or is this a precursor to a regional event?  It is hard to argue that liquid water could ever exist in this environment, that's because. "it could not."  Transient liquid water requires clear skies and unrestricted visibilities. This allows for cooling to saturation at night, and warming of ground temperatures above 0C for pure water during the day. The source is atmospheric. How water got into low levels at the equatorial regions is problematic. We can debate that issue, but it does not matter, it is there with saturation and associated frost.

This could be the reason no dust devils have been seen. The crater makes a dust devil on such a large scale that it engulfs the entire crater as it circulates around Mt Sharp. This grand scale makes the winds  much weaker. All we are left with are dusty skies.

Vincent

0343MR1388000000E1_DXXX by dfrank39, on Flickr

This image is from "Mars Anomaly Research." Skipper did drift off from time to time. Do I agree with all he had to say? No. He did, however, present, unedited images.
Those that follow love him.....

A water ice cascade.....

Waterfall_001 by dfrank39, on Flickr

Ref: http://www.thelivingmoon.com/43ancients … er_02.html

An Earth analogue. Dessert and "life." Why is there green???? Alexandria. A great port of "life" from the dry dessert. Is Mars different? Or is water moisture a hint of life.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria

new-maps-green-earth-vegetation-nile_68577_600x450 by dfrank39, on Flickr

A sweet spot no doubt.... We are "the life".... ESA....

dessart clouds by dfrank39, on Flickr

This image has been withheld for a while. It is a "raw color" image from Opportunity, Victoria Crater. The image was processed by "Winston" from, the "Mars rover blog."

Clear skies no doubt. Green hue on the berries ???? He was beating the green out.....

Vincent

clouds vic by dfrank39, on Flickr

Melt water from Phoenix....

Ice by dfrank39, on Flickr