CO2 Jets Bursting From Martian Ice Cap?

jeffsenter writes "NASA believes this may be the scene on the Martian South Pole as spring-time sunlight heats dust trapped in a layer of CO2 ice, causing it to sublime and ultimately burst through the seasonal upper dry ice layer. Here is the press release based on the findings in visible light and infrared from NASA's Odyssey and Mars Global Surveyor. Actual pictures of the spotting presumably caused by CO2/dust bursts on the Martian pole."

Comments

Pure fantasy?

[NotZed]

Hmm, yeah i see ice bursting into 'sandy fountains' all over the earth when summer comes to each hemisphere ... errr, hang on, no, the ice just melts and runs away, or simply sublimes and vanishes into thin air.

Why on mars would it be any different?

I think astronomers and 'planetary scientists' have really lost the plot lately - they're letting their imaginations get in the way of, well, common sense.