Posted on 03/25/2020 7:52:17 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) delivers once again! Using its advanced imaging instrument, the High Resolution Imaging Experiment (HiRISE) camera, the orbiter captured a breathtaking image (shown below) of the plains north of Juventae Chasma.
This region constitutes the southwestern part of Valles Marineris, the gigantic canyon system that runs along the Martian equator.
The image was originally taken in July of 2007 by the HiRISE camera and showcases three distinct types of terrain. In the top half of the image, this includes plains with craters and sinuous ridge features.
These features are of particular interest since they could be inverted stream channels, which are known to occur when a low-lying area becomes elevated.
There are several reasons why a channel might stand out amid its surroundings, all of which come down to erosion.
For instance, these channels may be formed from larger rocks than their surrounding environment, have been streambeds that became cemented by precipitating minerals, or have become filled with lava at some point.
All of these materials are more resistant to erosion, which means that they would remain and appear elevated after wind or water carried away finer-grained material around them. Other features include plains with exposed layers and layers on the wall of the Juventae Chasma canyon.
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I agree with you, one of the best sites , especially involving exogeology and parallels on earth.
there is skiing on Mars? Or toboggan runs?
Hey. His gob got smacked..that’s the whole idea
Electric Universe? Really? Flat-earth is next, I suppose.
Nah, mate. That there is refrigerator mold. I’ve had it myself.
That’s the Martian lair. So now we’re going to have to deal with an alien invasion on top of everything else when the Martians find out.
All the features on Mars are totally applicable to a planet that once had oceans and rivers and vulcanism. The geology is most obvious to see.
Our earth is larger with a molten iron core. Mars once had this. It no longer has such due to its smaller size. A molten iron core gives a planet a electromagnetic shield as we have on earth. Once this shield is lost the solar winds strip the planet of its atmosphere over many millions of years and thus leave a dead dry planet.
Perhaps life once flourished on Mars or not. It is most worthy of scientific investigation but not by man at this time. When one considers the cost of payload to Mars that would support a manned flight and return it is insane. The cost of robotic missions is a fraction of this.
Man will walk on Mars one day. I am 71 years old. It will not happen before I am dead. I would rather hope I am wrong but the odds of I living to be 100 or more is rather small.
Thanks Army Air Corps.
Thuvia, to her kids. "You think I'm *made* of Mars?!?"
Podkayne’s hacienda is there. She ain’t gonna like this intrusion by NASA peeping toms. She won’t grok it at all.
Bidens most resent brain scan
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