"Hey! Pay attention, we are going to conduct an archaeological excavation on Mars!" Liu Haibo shouted excitedly. Not touching women also made Liu Haibo a little depressed. Fortunately, he finally found a good vent target today.
To be precise, such a discovery is exciting!
In fact, in the large salt mines on Earth, although no fossils of large animals have been found, a lot of fossils of primitive life, such as cavity life, have been found - to be precise, these are all alternative. pickle! (Okay, I admit that the taste is a bit strong...)
Especially with the flow and changes of lakes, salt layers and sediment will be mixed, and in the sediment, there are a large number of microbial fossils.
This is true extraterrestrial archeology, and it’s of great significance. After exploration, this salt mine was only exposed on the ground, covering a radius of ten kilometers. It can be seen that this is definitely the result of the drying up of a huge lake. Don't even rule out a smaller bay.
After preliminary exploration of rays, it was found that this salt mine is extremely rich. Although the salt mine blocks rays very seriously, it was still discovered that the salt mine is as deep as one kilometer one kilometer away from the edge; based on this, it is roughly It is estimated that the central depth is at least three to four kilometers thick.
"Use multiple types of rays to scan and then build a three-dimensional picture to make a preliminary exploration of where to start. We don't have too much equipment, not enough manpower, and not enough time, so we can only focus on more important locations. Exploration and excavation." Liu Haibo was not swayed by joy and fantasy, but clearly realized that the current situation was not perfect. It can even be said that if you miss this opportunity, even with the power of a master company, you may not be able to return to Mars within two years. The price is too high!
Didi... Didi... The thin atmosphere on Mars transmits the sound of electronic instruments to everyone's ears. Although the sound is not clear due to the thin air and the obstruction of the space suit, the sound can be heard after all. No.
At the same time, the portable flat 3D display uses relatively crude 3D technology to display the scanning results. The outlines of different ray scans are marked with different colors; but the depths of different ray scans are also different in size, so that the scanned pictures, to the uninitiated, look like a mess of intertwined threads.
Fortunately, these astronauts from the Master Company have undergone special training. I can't say that they are proficient, but at least they can understand it without any problem.
The electronic instruments are constantly working, and the staff scans the electronic instruments bit by bit according to the drawn lines, and is meticulous; at the same time, the pictures on the computer screen are constantly being improved.
"This should be the outline of a stone. There is no way a living thing could look like this."
"This should be a quicksand zone, but it can be marked. There may be microbial fossils in the quicksand."
"The line structure here is the same as the one on the surface, it should be a salt mine; you can let it go."
"Wait, here... focus on scanning here!" Suddenly, several people who were observing the screen were shocked, because there is an outline here, and several types of ray scans almost all gave similar outlines, not big, only a dozen or so cm, but it has the unique beauty of a living thing, like a fish!
"Received, we are re-scanning the same location." The staff in the distance carefully re-scanned the same location. Work is meticulous.
"Yes, this thing is definitely a living thing!" Liu Haibo was a little excited. Mark this place and continue scanning.
Powerful radiation exploration has completely exposed the 300-meter-wide area in the center of the salt mine on the display screen in the evening. On the display screen, there are seven regular outlines, large and small, and they are outlines scanned by several types of rays. After analysis, this thing is more like a fish.
Liu Haibo walked quietly in the seven marked locations. There were no rules, but they were only within a 50-meter range, so they were relatively concentrated.
"Everyone sleeps in the car at night. We are not familiar with Mars. No one is allowed to go out until dawn!"
Mars is extremely beautiful in the evening, a beauty you will never see on Earth. Of course, there is also monotonous loneliness! On the horizon, the sun is still dazzling and has not turned fiery red like the earth; this is because the atmosphere is so thin that even if the sun tilts westward, the thickness of the atmosphere is not enough to block ultraviolet rays; so the uppermost sky of Mars will always be It is blue, even in the early morning; even in the cold early morning and evening, you can occasionally see blue carbon dioxide clouds. Under this blue, there are two obvious colors from light red to red. This is the never-ending wind on Mars, blowing sand and dust.
Because Mars is a bit small compared to the Earth, it is used to the endless sky and earth on the Earth; in contrast, the flat sand plains of Mars have faint arcs that are almost imperceptible. This situation gives people an indescribable spectacle.
However, the wind blows away the sand, and the beautiful scene, coupled with the imperceptible arc, gives you a feeling of loneliness and desolation. This is a dead planet!
The geometry of life! Liu Haibo suddenly sighed like this. Even the planet cannot withstand the erosion of time, let alone people! Although my current practice is a bit strange, my boss even said that if I practice well, it won't be a problem for seven or eight hundred years; but what about seven or eight hundred years from now? Everyone has unrealistic ambitions. The only difference is that some people can see reality clearly, while others are immersed in their own fantasies.
There was no talking all night, and the world outside the car was a world of strong winds; when the sun rose the next day with faint carbon dioxide clouds dyed blue by ultraviolet rays, a new day began again. Under the sunlight, the surface temperature rises rapidly, the carbon dioxide crystal particles quickly disappear, and the Martian sky turns into a light blue and somewhat dark color. The darkness is, of course, the cosmic background revealed because the atmosphere is too thin to scatter too much sunlight.
Opening the car door, everyone was shocked by the world in front of them! Over the course of one night, the vehicle had been buried half a meter deep in the ground by red sand. The paint on the vehicle had been completely mottled. In some places, especially corners, the steel had been scratched with ugly marks.
"Mars is more dangerous than the earth. Which lunatic said that he wanted to establish an immigration base on Mars? It is estimated that in three to five days, the base will either be covered with sand or polished into powder! Immigrating to Mars is definitely the stupidest thing in the world Decision!" Ding Shiyou, the captain of the fourth team, started complaining early in the morning.
"Fortunately, Master Company has no such plan!" Liu Haibo responded with a smile; but there was another sentence he didn't say: In fact, you don't know that the boss is even crazier. This inspection is an effort to transform Venus!
Every time he thinks of his boss's crazy plan, Liu Haibo trembles a little, but more of a tremor of excitement! The roar soon came, and everyone used small machinery to continuously dig at several marked locations; all the excavated salt mine fragments were scanned, and any doubtful ones were smashed into pieces. Unfortunately, after digging more than ten meters in one day, nothing was found. There are not even so-called microbial fossils. Everything looks like a standard Death Star!