annalouges (week 8)

Question 1

why do we use analouges

Answer 1

• science
• testing instruments
• testing mission operations
• science fiction

Question 2

what is an anolouge for amazonian mars

Answer 2

atacama desert
driest in the world
soils rick in percholates

Question 3

analogue for Enceladus

Answer 3

yellowstone national park in iceland
silica rich, hot spring fluids with extremophile microorganisms that erupt into sub-zero (frozen) environments

Question 4

where is an anaolouge for herspian mars

Answer 4

• Rio Tinto
• as it is a modern active environent
• sulfur and iron rich geochemistry
• low PH
• groundwater interacts with sediments