[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.37,0:00:12.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, you're thinking of moving to Mars. Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.20,0:00:12.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you picked out a spot \Nfor your new home? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No? Well, I'm here to help. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First things first, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here are some of the things\Nyou'll need to bring to The Red Planet: Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a high tolerance for cold, \Nloneliness, and radiation, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lifetime supply \Nof breathable air and food, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a multibillion dollar spaceship, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a desire to just get away from it all, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and water. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're definitely going to need water. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what sort of real estate\Nare you looking for? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How about a mansion in the maze-like\NNoctis Labyrinthus? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A hide away in the Happy Face Crater? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A fortress on the Face Mesa? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An oceanview? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Uh, bad news on the last one. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're about 4 billion years late. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're pretty sure that Mars\Nused to have oceans, lakes, rivers, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the whole package. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But over time, almost all of it\Nfroze beneath the surface, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or evaporated off into space. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's probably still some\Ntrapped beneath Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the seasonally expanding and contracting\Ncarbon dioxide ice caps, though. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what might Mars look like today\Nif it had surface water? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That of course depends\Non how much we're talking about, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but maybe something like this. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The relatively flat northern hemisphere\Nis below the average elevation, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it would become one giant ocean, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while the crater-ridden \Nsouthern hemisphere Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would stay mostly high and dry. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That difference between hemispheres\Nis a bit bizarre, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we don't know why it's like that. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The southern half is probably\Nmuch older, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,judging by features \Nlike the number of craters, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the evidence of increased\Nvolcanic activity in the north. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, so who knows. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe one day Mars will have oceans again, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but for now, what we've got is essentially\None giant dusty desert. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, it's similar enough \Nto deserts on Earth, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we've been able to learn a great deal\Nabout Mars on our home planet. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For instance, Maritan sand dunes\Nform and behave Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,similarly to our sand dunes, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,though the Martian versions \Noften grow twice as large Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thanks to a gravitational pull\Nthat's about a third as strong as ours. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Mars has some features\Nyou won't see on Earth, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like tars, which are crestless\Nsand dunes up to fifteen meters tall, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose formations \Nwe have yet to understand. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're probably wondering, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What do you get when you\Ncombine a planet-wide desert Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with an atmosphere, like ours, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is subject to wind-generating\Npressure differentials, dust storms?" Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These will be your main weather hazards\Non the Red Planet. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They play a large part \Nin making the planet red Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by distributing rusted iron particles\Nacross the surface and into the air. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanks to the low gravity\Nand lack of moisture, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these dust storms can last for months\Nand cover the planet. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, you might want to build your home\Nas high as possible. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, look no further. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Olympus Mons,\Nthe largest volcano in the Solar System. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even if Mars had a breathable atmosphere, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'd find the views from \Nthe 25 kilometer summit breathtaking. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or are volcanos not your thing? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then how about Valles Marineris,\Nthe largest canyon in the Solar System? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's so wide that from one side, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the opposite rim would be below\Nthe curve of the horizon. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Still, you catch som spectacular\Nblue sunsets in the normally red sky, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which gets its color from the dust\Nabsorbing most of the blue light, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the way sunlight is scattered\Nby the atmosphere. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you got spirit, curiosity,\Nor are you just looking for opportunity? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then stop stalling\Nand make the move to Mars today. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mars: Redder than Ever.