Skip to content

Unexplainable.net

Watching The World Change

  • Strange Instrument Plays Without Touch Technology Articles
  • Robert Hutchings Goddard , Testing the First Rockets Information and Theories
  • Introducing the Da Vinci Code (2006) Information and Theories
  • Chernobyl’s Bird Brains Surprise Scientists Technology Articles
  • A Collection of Dinosaur Facts: Naming of the Dinos Information and Theories
  • Murdering Duos 1 , An Introduction to Leopold and Loeb Information and Theories
  • City of Peace – East Meets West. The Dream of the Spiritual Is-Ra-El Meditation And Spirituality
  • Identity Theft Paranoia Goes Wireless Technology Articles

A Mythos of Mars

Posted on March 5, 2012 By jim No Comments on A Mythos of Mars
Mooker

For many years Mars has been seen as a planet ripe for exploration.  And as our understanding of the red planet grew and expanded, a few of the fantastic claims and stories of the Martian surface were left behind by discovery.  Nonetheless, speculation about Mars was one of the first thought exercises humanity was allowed to engage in during the early stages of Science Fiction.  When Edgar Rice Burroughs first wrote the story “A Princess of Mars” he was writing about a vast unknown planet where any number of civilizations could potentially exist.  And a number of theories sprang up both before and after his popular novel series.

A Princess of Mars centers around the fictionalized Martian civilization known as Barsoom.  The planet is a massive world with vast cities, flying machines, and strange creatures designed to bring the alien landscape to life.  At the time of Burroughs’ writing in 1912, all of these were considered possibilities.  But there was evidence proposed by one famous inventor that claimed Mars was inhabited by intelligent beings utilizing radio communication – Nikola Tesla.

From his lab in Colorado Springs, Nikola Tesla was up late working on his radio receiver when suddenly he noted a series of unusual signals coming from a source unknown.  Realizing he may be on the brink of a major discovery, he scoured for potential sources and soon came to believe the signals were emanating from one of Earth’s two closest neighbors – either Venus or Mars.  The clicks appeared almost like Morse code.  In fact, the phenomenon described by Tesla seemed very intelligent indeed.  In time Tesla’s mystery signal was lost, but his claims tarnished his reputation in the critical eye of the newspapers.

But he wasn’t the first to have a Eureka moment in regards to the red planet.  In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a wide margin of the public believed there to be artificial structures on the surface of Mars in the form of Martian canals.  The canals were thought to be designed to transport water from underground reservoirs to civilizations of Martians living in cities.  The man responsible for spotting the canals was famed astronomer  Giovanni Schiaparelli.  Since then, the artificial canals have been lost in the Mars narrative for the most part.

In recent years, the potential for life on Mars has seen a resurgence in the media.  Shortly after discovering water on the Lunar surface, it was confirmed that there is also a great deal of frozen water on Mars as well.  The once thought barren and inhospitable Martian surface has been cracked, if not shattered by the idea of extremophiles capable of surviving in even the harshest of environments.  Some have even suggested that a meteorite from the red planet, ALH84001 contains fossilized evidence of bacteria that existed millions of years ago on Mars.  Is there life on Mars?  We may not know for some time.  And yet the romantic image of the Martian dunes and rocky mountains has stayed in our imaginations for centuries.

Mars Coverage

Post navigation

Previous Post: Third Time the Charm for Exorcized House
Next Post: Bannack, the Haunted Boom Town

Related Posts

  • Mars Rovers visualization and simulation software Honored Mars Coverage
  • Mars Once Had Vast Ocean Mars Coverage
  • Mars Rover Spirit Confirms Flash Memory Problem. Critical to Serious Mars Coverage
  • High Strength Winds Give Spirit More Power Mars Coverage
  • Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer (Mini-TES) Testing Minerals on Mars Mars Coverage
  • Mars Phoenix Lander May Have Found Ice Already! Mars Coverage

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recent Posts

  • Mahavatar Babaji: The Yogi alive for 2000 years
  • Spirituality and science conflict
  • Conspiracies and myths about spirituality
  • Know your Ki: Reiki
  • 10 amazing plants to promote spirituality and positivity

Recent Comments

No comments to show.

Archives

  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • May 2020
  • June 2018
  • February 2018
  • July 2016
  • May 2016
  • February 2016
  • September 2015
  • July 2015
  • May 2015
  • April 2015
  • March 2015
  • January 2015
  • December 2014
  • November 2014
  • July 2014
  • March 2014
  • February 2014
  • January 2014
  • December 2013
  • November 2013
  • October 2013
  • September 2013
  • August 2013
  • July 2013
  • June 2013
  • May 2013
  • April 2013
  • March 2013
  • February 2013
  • January 2013
  • December 2012
  • November 2012
  • October 2012
  • September 2012
  • August 2012
  • July 2012
  • June 2012
  • May 2012
  • April 2012
  • March 2012
  • February 2012
  • January 2012
  • December 2011
  • November 2011
  • October 2011
  • September 2011
  • August 2011
  • July 2011
  • June 2011
  • May 2011
  • April 2011
  • March 2011
  • February 2011
  • January 2011
  • December 2010
  • November 2010
  • October 2010
  • September 2010
  • August 2010
  • July 2010
  • June 2010
  • May 2010
  • April 2010
  • March 2010
  • February 2010
  • January 2010
  • December 2009
  • November 2009
  • October 2009
  • September 2009
  • August 2009
  • July 2009
  • June 2009
  • May 2009
  • April 2009
  • March 2009
  • February 2009
  • January 2009
  • December 2008
  • November 2008
  • October 2008
  • September 2008
  • August 2008
  • July 2008
  • June 2008
  • May 2008
  • April 2008
  • March 2008
  • February 2008
  • January 2008
  • December 2007
  • November 2007
  • October 2007
  • September 2007
  • August 2007
  • July 2007
  • June 2007
  • May 2007
  • April 2007
  • March 2007
  • February 2007
  • January 2007
  • December 2006
  • November 2006
  • October 2006
  • September 2006
  • August 2006
  • July 2006
  • June 2006
  • May 2006
  • April 2006
  • March 2006
  • February 2006
  • January 2006
  • December 2005
  • November 2005
  • October 2005
  • September 2005
  • August 2005
  • July 2005
  • June 2005
  • May 2005
  • April 2005
  • March 2005
  • February 2005
  • January 2005
  • December 2004
  • November 2004
  • October 2004
  • September 2004
  • August 2004
  • July 2004
  • June 2004
  • May 2004
  • April 2004
  • March 2004
  • February 2004
  • January 2004
  • December 2003
  • November 2003
  • October 2003

Categories

  • Ancient Civilizations
  • Benjamin Fulford Story
  • Cryptology and Monsters
  • Eating Healthy
  • Ghost And Demons
  • Information and Theories
  • Mars Coverage
  • Meditation And Spirituality
  • Mysteries
  • NASA Articles
  • Other Exciting News
  • Personal Accounts
  • Pictures And Multimedia
  • Political Conspiracies
  • Recent Submissions
  • Religion Articles
  • Self Improvement
  • Simply Unexplainable
  • Space and Astrology
  • Technology Articles
  • True Stories
  • UFOs and Aliens
  • Unexplainable Video Library
  • Unexplainable Weather
  • Hindu Deities: The Almighty Devi Religion Articles
  • Summary of Books of the Old Testament: Joel Religion Articles
  • Mischievous Spirits of Legend Ghost And Demons
  • Watton Priory: Mothers Scorned Ghost And Demons
  • Did UFOs Visit Medina, NY’s Iroquois Job Corp? Personal Accounts
  • 40,000 Mystery Viruses Discovered in Communities Simply Unexplainable
  • Judaism Beliefs: Divorce Religion Articles
  • Highlights of Ancient Egypt: Old Kingdom Ancient Civilizations

Copyright © 2025 Unexplainable.net.

Powered by PressBook News Dark theme