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Weird Geological Features Spied On Mars

Posted by Soulskill on from the probably-caramel-bubbling-up-to-the-surface dept.

astroengine writes "The High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera carried by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has spotted a strange geological feature that, for now, defies an obvious explanation. Found at the southern edge of Acidalia Planitia, small pits with raised edges appear to hug a long ridge. So far, mission scientists have ruled out impact craters and wind as formation processes, but have pegged the most likely cause to be glacial in nature."

4 of 99 comments (clear)

  1. Wormsign! by jeffb+(2.718) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Well, I'd like for it to be burrows or casings...

  2. Re:we don't know by dantotheman · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Instead of "I don't know" they can just throw massive error bars on the figure. For example, the earth may be 4.5 billion years old +- 20 billion years. (Thats right, it may not be created until the future...)

  3. Re:Canals? by AliasMarlowe · · Score: 4, Interesting

    They look more like solifluctations, or possibly something related to palsas or pingos.

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    Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. - Voltaire
  4. Re:Eroded Fault line, by DarthVain · · Score: 4, Interesting

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:San_Andreas_Fault_Aerial_View.gif