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To: Swordmaker

Clearly ice boulder trails. Ice boulders roll down hill and sublimate in the sun. Next question?


3 posted on 02/23/2008 3:25:33 AM PST by Soliton
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To: Soliton
Clearly ice boulder trails. Ice boulders roll down hill and sublimate in the sun.

Interesting theory. And the craters at the bottom of each channel are caused by bouncing boulders?

Next question?

Where'd the ice come from?

4 posted on 02/23/2008 3:40:26 AM PST by Swordmaker (We can fix this, but you're gonna need a butter knife, a roll of duct tape, and a car battery.)
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To: Soliton

Giant worm trails? There has to be spice on that planet?


5 posted on 02/23/2008 3:40:31 AM PST by Bringbackthedraft
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Clearly ice boulder trails. Ice boulders roll down hill and sublimate in the sun. Next question?

I got to thinking about your theory and decided to check some dimensions. The gullies average about 7 - 8 pixels in width and NASA says that the resolution of the full size image is approximately 3 Meters per Pixel... ergo, the channels are approximately 21 to 24 meters in width... that's some ice bolder...

18 posted on 02/23/2008 4:54:01 PM PST by Swordmaker (We can fix this, but you're gonna need a butter knife, a roll of duct tape, and a car battery.)
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