Iceberg Off Western Greenland Painted Red
OK, some people have absolutely no taste whatsoever. I'll just bet that those Greenlanders are mighty pissed! What was this guy thinking? Obviously a wacko ego on the loose.

And why red? It looks so.... bloody!

Another thing I read today was that urban "green areas" tend to cut down significantly on stress and violence. I thought this made some sense. Kids having access to parks when they don't have a "back yard" in an apartment complex, or even landscaped areas on the commute to and from work can have a relaxing effect (and possibly prevent you from hauling out your gun in a traffic jam). I think just something PRETTY to look at helps, and around here (on a clear day), Mt. Rainier still makes me gasp. But I especially feel this is true when I think of Mars. As intriguing as these rovers rolling around up there have been and as much as I marvel at the pictures whizzed back to us like magic, I can't imagine anyone really wanting to LIVE there, or to even just GO there to visit because it would be way too far away. It just seems that the reddish/rusty surroundings everywhere you looked would be totally depressing. The profound wonder of stepping onto a new world would be over in, oh, about a minute. Wouldn't you just miss the blues and greens of Earth so much? The very thought of how far away those blues and greens would be from Mars makes me just ache!

I suppose there are a number of folks (desert dwellers?) who would relish visiting Mars. I don't know.... it seems to me that whoever decides to go had best take along a lasting supply of Prozac.