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Why is Mars not just a ball of fire? The Martian atmosphere is made up of 95% Co2 yet the temperature where %26quot;The Pheonix Lander%26quot; is at is -100 deg F. Why is Mars not a ball of Fire with that amount of Co2 in it%26#039;s atmophere?

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  • 30 seconds of %26quot;research%26quot; and you would have found that this question has already been asked and answered dozens of times.

    It%26#039;s not the percentage of CO2 that matters, it%26#039;s the density.

    Let%26#039;s say CO2 is like a wood target.

    Image setting up a target practice site for a blind person. If you put 2 wood targets and 0 plastic targets up on 10 acres, you could say that 100% of the targets are wood. But the chances of a blind shooter hitting a wood target are very minuscule.

    If you also set up a target practice site with 500 wood targets and 9,500 plastic targets, you would say that %26quot;only%26quot; 5% of the targets are wood. But the chances of the blind shooter hitting a wood target are much higher on this range.

    The chances of long-wave radiation emitted from planet earth hitting CO2 in our atmosphere are much higher than in Mars atmosphere.

    (It has practically no atmosphere) Searched %26quot;Martian atmosphere%26quot;
  • The martian air pressure is extremly low. We were always taught that Mars is hot or we assumed it was hot but because of it very low air pressure and distance from the sun mars is a very cold planet
  • DUE TO THE LAST INVASION, THE INHABITANTS LIVE UNDER GROUND. UNIVERSAL LOGIC
  • Just heard that the temp is 22 F down to -112F.
    Isn%26#039;t that too cold to burst into flame?
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