Chapter 357: Cycle
The snowy owl heard someone follow his train of thought and say what he wanted to say, and immediately clapped vigorously.
"Yes, that's what you said, the source of the water source now, it is estimated that there will not be any big changes for a while, but after the water flows out, what kind of changes will occur in the water, we should still go over and see what kind of changes will occur.
When we finish recording the changes along the way of the water flowing, and then return to the source of the water to stare, we can also have a deeper understanding of Mars! ”
After the snowy owl finished telling a few people, the plane started and flew out in the direction of the water.
They filmed the plane, the state of the water flowing below and the related things, all with a high-definition camera.
Since the aerospace plane mainly observes the dynamics below, it does not fly very fast, and the water flow below is not different.
If anything, the water flows over the surface of Mars, and it takes away a lot of the soil that flows through the land, which is washed down by the current and mixed in the current.
Originally, when the water came out of the water source, there were no other impurities, and the water was very clear, but as the water continued to flow, it took away a lot of soil water, but it appeared color.
From the original clear and colorless, it has become a turbid, gravel-filled reddish-brown water that is particularly similar to the color of the earth's mountain floods.
The plane is still flying forward, and a large amount of water is still flowing endlessly, and it is still washing the surface soil of Mars.
The plane flew forward some distance again, and the speed of the water finally slowed down, and not only did it flow slowly, but the flow of water was also smaller, which was also because the surface of Mars was too dry, and a large part of the water had been absorbed by the surface of Mars.
Therefore, after they fly a certain distance, the impact of the water flow is decreasing, and the water flow is also decreasing.
The plane continued to fly in the direction of the water, and the water did not flow far, so it caused them to set up the plane, and it did not take long for them to come to the end of the current.
At this time, the water flow under the snow owl's fuselage no longer has the impact at the source, although it is still flowing forward, but the current water flow is the same as the forest stream on the earth.
There was no longer the momentum of rushing into the sea before, and a babbling stream appeared below them.
It is also due to the lack of impact that all kinds of gravel and mud that have been washed down from the upstream are also left on the way where the water flows. So the babbling brook below them became clear again.
At this moment, the plane stopped here, and the snow owls were planning to land here, because this is the best place to take water samples, and there is really no better location than this.
The snowy owl took one of them and got ready on the plane, and when the two of them were ready, the plane landed on the surface of Mars again in a hovering position.
The snowy owl and one of his companions, after being fully prepared, immediately got out of the plane, took all the tools on their bodies, and went directly to the edge of the stream.
Then there was sampling, and at the moment they were conducting an unusually strict sampling process, for fear that the samples obtained would be unqualified, which would affect their future research.
When the snowy owl came to the still flowing water, it did not collect the sample at the first time, but took out the temperature measurement first.
After taking it out, he first measured the temperature of Mars at this moment and now, and then inserted the thermometer into the stream in front of him.
As soon as the temperature of the water was measured, the snowy owl felt stunned for a while, and then figured out the reason.
After collecting all the data obtained here, it was only after all this last night that the snowy owl took out the sampling device and began to take samples.
And this time the sample was not just a little, but a lot, including the ones to be brought back to the earth, and the ones that they were going to test on the plane.
The water samples were taken without any problems, and the two snowy owls returned to the plane immediately after the sampling.
As soon as it returned to the plane, the plane left the surface of Mars again and was suspended in place.
And what are the astronauts in the plane doing now? They were all in the lab on the plane, conducting an analysis of the water composition of the water that had just been sampled.
The instruments were running on the plane, but the mission they had come over was still not complete, and the snowy owls flew in the direction of the water again.
The plane didn't fly long, and soon they came to the end of the current.
Eventually, the water began to converge here, never to continue to flow forward, stopping in this low-lying place, and eventually converging into a small lake as the water sinked more and more.
Moreover, this small lake has obvious solidification, and the water at the bottom of the lake, which first stopped flowing, has solidified into ice.
Now the lake is ice at the bottom and water at the top, and the water that has just flowed here is slowly turning to ice.
According to the speculation of the astronauts on the plane, as long as there is no new water coming here, it will not take long for the small lake to turn into a solid ice lump, and the whole small lake will be frozen into a whole.
After collecting the situation at the source of the water, the plane did fly towards the source of the water again.
The speed of the flight back was also due to the fact that they did not have to observe on the road, and by the time they returned to the crater, the flow of water in the area where the water gushed had already begun to decrease.
Obviously, this is because the internal pressure here is getting smaller, and the water flow is getting smaller in the gap where the water gushes out.
The snow owls are also sighing, they are coming back at the right time, just in time to be able to collect the specific situation here.
For a period of time, they continued to shoot in the sky, and time passed imperceptibly in the middle of their shooting.
Finally, under their waiting, there was no more water gushing out of the crack, and even the small streams were gone.
Seeing that the water below had stopped gushing outward, the astronauts on the space plane once got off the plane and went here for rigorous sampling.
After they took the sample, an astronaut came to the crater again with great curiosity, and he wanted to look inside the crater to see what was going on in the volcano.
It didn't matter if he looked at it this way, but it made him see a new situation happening, the crater was still emitting orange-red light, and there were still a lot of flowing magma in it, and occasionally a stream of magma erupted into the air.
But now these magma no longer exist at all, and there is no magma in the crater, which has all turned into iron-black magma stone at this moment.
As the commander, the snow owl can't have him every time he goes out of the warehouse, so this time he stayed on the plane on duty, and after discovering the situation in the crater, although the snow owl did not go to the scene, he still made a bold guess about the situation at this time through the video.
He also recalled the various situations he had encountered along the way to the end of the stream, and the combination of all these circumstances really made him discover something remarkable.
The snowy owl did not make a statement, but continued to refine his theory based on what he had learned.
The astronauts on the surface of Mars are still nervously collecting environmental data at this moment, and after they complete the collection, the astronauts who are out of the warehouse will immediately chatter and discuss as soon as they return to the plane.
The content of the discussion was also all related to these wonders that happened before Mars, and when all the discussions became quieter, the team members realized that when they were just discussing, the commander Snowy Owl did not participate in the slightest opinion.
After the astronauts collected data from the vicinity of the crater again, the space plane was once again suspended in the air not far away.
At this moment, looking at the team members who have quieted down, the snow owl did not do anything mysterious, and simply told everyone his guess.
"I don't know if you have noticed, this volcanic eruption on Mars is very special, it is extremely special."
Everyone is a little puzzled, why the snow owl said this, there is a volcanic eruption on Mars, Benli is a special thing, but I don't know why he said that!
The team members looked to the snowy owl with doubts on their faces, wanting to hear what he was trying to say.
"First of all, let me make a point, that is, this volcano is not the first eruption, nor the last, but the eruption of I don't know how many times."
Everyone was trying to understand what he was saying, but there was so little information in the Snowy Owl's words that they didn't know how to understand it or what the Snowy Owl was trying to say.
Everyone just waited to continue to look at the snowy owl with puzzled eyes, and quietly listened to him continue.
"This first point, everyone should remember it first, and when I finish talking about it, everyone will definitely understand.
Let's take a comprehensive look at this Martian volcanic eruption, let's take a look at the eruption, the outflow of magma, the local increase in temperature, the increase in humidity, the large amount of water spewing out from the slopes near the volcano, and then the large amount of water that forms a flash flood, and finally flows all the way to the lake, where the water is finally frozen into ice lumps.
It's all connected, what can you think of? ”
Snowy Owl had already made it clear at this point, but he had only said half of what he wanted to say, but the team members still hadn't figured it out.
"Comrades, it's a cycle, what I'm talking about is a cycle, and this should form a perfect closed loop!
The energy that accumulates inside Mars eventually causes volcanic eruptions, which in turn cause the temperature to rise, both on the surface and underground.
What will happen to the increase in temperature? As a result, the temperature of a large amount of underground solid water and liquid water near the volcano will also rise, and when the water temperature is too high and boiling, the internal pressure will increase, and someone will eject it in the weak parts of the earth's crust. ”
Speaking of this, the snow owl stopped when he heard this, although everyone had more or less understood these things before, he still gave the team members a time to digest.
After waiting for a few minutes, he also took the opportunity to take a sip of water, and after everyone had all eyes on him again, he also spoke again.
"Everyone should know all of this, so I'll move on to my new guess, which is that after the water spews out, the groundwater finds an outlet, and the water from other places is converging in this place.
The volcano is constantly heating up the nearby water, and the heated water is constantly spewing outward, and as the temperature of the volcano continues to heat the water, the temperature of the volcano continues to drop.
Eventually, the temperature of the volcano was cooled down by a large amount of water, the volcano returned to calm, and because the water had no heat, the groundwater stopped boiling and there was no great pressure, and it no longer gushed outward!
This volcano has completed a cycle, a cycle from eruption to cooling, and everyone should know what I'm talking about. ”
After listening to his story, everyone was shocked by his speculation, and thought about it as if the previous volcanic eruption was such a process, and the more they thought about it, the more it seemed to be the truth.
"Head, I understand what you mean by cycle, but why do you say it's not the first time? I don't get that! ”
Hearing this, the snowy owl immediately began to answer their questions, of course, also talking about his speculation.
"It's actually a very good question, everyone should know it, at the end of the water, that place is a huge pit, and at the moment it has become a lake, or a huge ice lump.
Let's think about it carefully, we followed the flow of the water, and I don't know if you found anything. ”
Under his guidance, all the team members were following his train of thought, and one of the team members who reacted quickly answered after thinking about it.
Since there is a fixed channel for the flow of water, this proves that this is certainly not the first time that this water has flowed through here, and this river channel has been hit by water after many mountain torrents.
I'm right, I feel like I understand it pretty well! ”
After hearing this answer, the snowy owl immediately cast an appreciative look at the man.
"Yes, I just wanted to make it clear, that's why I said this is not the first eruption, and it won't be the cause of the last! I don't know what everyone thinks of my speculation! ”
At this moment, after listening to the snow owl's story, everyone suddenly realized that what they had said before was all speculation.
Almost all of the team members who listened to it had already taken what the snowy owl had just said as fact.
Everyone was very impressed at the moment, and they were looking at the snow owl, and they realized more and more that what the snow owl was talking about should be the truth.
Just after all the team members figured out this speculation, one of the team members had another question, and immediately asked his question.
"Head, I've understood the question just now, but I still don't know one thing, and that's ......"