lnklnx@piefed.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWe 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 reallymessage-squaremessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWe 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 reallylnklnx@piefed.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square20linkfedilink
minus-squarelordnikon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoSo not enough to turn blood red?
minus-squarethethrilloftime69@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoMars is red because there was enough oxygen to oxidize the iron.
So not enough to turn blood red?
Mars is red because there was enough oxygen to oxidize the iron.