26.1 Arctic and Antarctic Microbial Ponds: Earth and Mars similarities

26.1 Arctic and Antarctic Microbial Ponds 
Earth and Mars similarities

Could Life Exist Below Mars Ice? NASA Study Proposes Possibilities https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/planets/mars/could-life-exist-below-mars-ice-nasa-study-proposes-possibilities/

Lipid biomarkers from microbial mats on the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica: signatures for life in the cryosphere https://ahed.nasa.gov/datasets/0cc9b94ae0a33500c14179393fba

component of microbial lifecycle

desert varnish to microbial ice pools to dirt devils

dirt devils as spore dissemination 

North Pole/South Pole

Images:

spore dissemination and microbial growth in ice https://barleyculinermars.blogspot.com/2022/10/assorted-gifs-from-httpsphotojournaljpl.html

https://barleyculinermars.blogspot.com/2022/10/assorted-gifs-from-httpsphotojournaljpl.html

https://blogbarley.blogspot.com/2024/10/mission-mars-express.html dissemination of spores

https://barleyculinermars.blogspot.com/2024/06/mars-perseverance-sol-1188-watson.html microbial activity

https://barleyculinerspaceimages.blogspot.com/2025/01/mars-perseverance-sol-1381-right.html

https://barleyculinerspaceimages.blogspot.com/2025/03/mars-perseverance-sol-1442-supercam.html

https://barleyculinerspaceimages.blogspot.com/2025/05/present-and-active-methane-in-mars.html

https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/early-melt-on-the-greenland-ice-sheet-88288/

https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/earth-science/climate-science/sea-ice/science-flights-target-melting-arctic-sea-ice/

https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/greenlands-bejeweled-ice-sheet-154534/

...completion 26.2

CRV 26.1 by Barley

Data compiled by Jack Brownhill