MARS TOO DRY & TEMPS TOO UNSTEADY FOR ANYTHING BUT LOWER FORMS OF PLANTS, SAYS SCIENTIST
Pasadena, California (JFK+50) On August 27, 1926, Associated Press reports that Dr. Walter S. Adams, director of the Mount Wilson Observatory*, says "if any form of life exists on (the planet Mars) it is probably only lower form of plants."
The reason for this, according to Dr. Adams, is the "ultra arid" climate of the Red Planet along with "drastic daily change in temperatures."
Temperatures reach as high as 75 degrees F. at noon and drop to as low as 40 degrees below zero F. at midnight.
*Mt. Wilson Observatory is located in Los Angeles County, California on a 5710 ft. peak in the San Gabriel Mountains near Pasadena.
SOURCE
"Scientist Discovers Mars Is Too Dry For Camels; Temperature Is Unsteady," The Evening News, Washington, D.C., August 27, 1926, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
