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To: BenLurkin

Now that I see the pic I’m thinking more along the lines of windblown pumice or something.


5 posted on 01/16/2014 6:48:54 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: cripplecreek

Windblown pumice would be extremely unlikely. The atmospheric pressure is so low on Mars there wouldn’t be enough PSI to move a rock, I should think. But I am not sure.


11 posted on 01/16/2014 7:00:15 PM PST by bolobaby
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To: cripplecreek
Now that I see the pic I’m thinking more along the lines of windblown pumice or something.

The atmosphere of Mars is too thin to blow things around (except the finest dust.) This stone could be a piece of a meteoroid, or something that said meteoroid struck somewhere nearby. There are many craters on Mars, since the atmosphere cannot burn the incoming rocks as it does on Earth.

13 posted on 01/16/2014 7:03:03 PM PST by Greysard
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To: cripplecreek
windblown pumice

Would pumice form without water?

32 posted on 01/16/2014 7:18:53 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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