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Posted on 10/21/2025 12:06:44 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: What caused these Martian rocks to be layered? The leading hypothesis is an ancient Martian lake that kept evaporating and refilling over 10 million years -- but has now remained dry and empty of water for billions of years. The featured image, taken last November by the robotic Curiosity rover, shows one-meter wide Whale Rock which is part of the Pahrump Hills outcrop at the base of Mount Sharp. Also evident in the image is cross-bedding -- rock with angled layers -- which were likely facilitated by waves of sand. Curiosity continues to find many layered rocks like this as it continues to roll around and up 5.5-km high Mount Sharp.
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Eroded by water
Maybe Mars itself was built up in ‘layers’ like a head of cabbage.......................
Yes, red cabbage.
Mars is a giant mound of coleslaw!..............
There’s a stretch of I-35 in southern OK that looks just like that, only the rock slabs and their striations are sharply diagonal. Makes me wonder whether OK might have had its own Chucxulub at some point.
The Federal government does not have the mone to pay for things like this.
The Federal government does not have the mone to pay for things like this.
I wonder about what kind of fish were in the lakes.
Mars sure has some amazing terrain. It would be awesome to see it in person. SOMEONE will, someday…..
Meet the late Sir Wiggletrout of Mars:
Here!
Looks like some sort of writing on that rock.
Looks like some sort of writing on that rock.
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