{"id":164,"date":"2022-02-20T09:07:55","date_gmt":"2022-02-20T15:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/markcorder.com\/home\/?p=164"},"modified":"2022-02-20T09:07:58","modified_gmt":"2022-02-20T15:07:58","slug":"ice-on-mercury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markcorder.com\/home\/ice-on-mercury\/","title":{"rendered":"Ice on Mercury"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/markcorder.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ice-on-Mercury-12-16-08-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-WvEVaiZd\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/markcorder.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ice-on-Mercury-12-16-08-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66\" srcset=\"https:\/\/markcorder.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ice-on-Mercury-12-16-08-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/markcorder.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ice-on-Mercury-12-16-08-1-800x535.jpg 800w, https:\/\/markcorder.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ice-on-Mercury-12-16-08-1-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/markcorder.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ice-on-Mercury-12-16-08-1-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/markcorder.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ice-on-Mercury-12-16-08-1-200x134.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>No kidding &#8211; this is a sheet of ice in the process of slowly sliding off of a Mercury van. 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