Comments on: The mysterious chaos terrain of Mars

By: JLopes

JLopes — Wed, 27 Jun 2018 16:09:35 +0000

Those look like the scablands of Eastern Washington caused by the numerous “Great Lake Missoula Floods”. I just have to head ten minutes west of my house to see what Marineris Valles is like.

By: Robert Zimmerman

Robert Zimmerman — Wed, 27 Jun 2018 01:12:43 +0000

In reply to MarcusZ1967. I should add that it appears the MRO science team has been monitoring these flows since 2010 to see if there were any changes. From my very cursory comparison between a 2010 and 2017 image I don't see any obvious changes, but I don't have much confidence in that conclusion. I would need to spend several hours looking at the high resolution versions to know for sure.

By: Robert Zimmerman

Robert Zimmerman — Wed, 27 Jun 2018 01:06:38 +0000

In reply to MarcusZ1967. MarcusZ1967: Very cool image. Better to look at it here. This however is unrelated to chaos terrain. These flow channels, on a hillside, are located in the vast northern plains, and appears to be avalanches or collapses as the hillside erodes. Nonetheless, this is a great find. There are so many cool things hidden in the MRO high resolution camera archive I can't possibly find them all. Thank you!

By: MarcusZ1967

MarcusZ1967 — Wed, 27 Jun 2018 00:39:14 +0000

Check out the flow channels.

http://viewer.mars.asu.edu/planetview/inst/hirise/ESP_017251_2300_COLOR#P=ESP_017251_2300_COLOR&T=2

By: MarcusZ1967

MarcusZ1967 — Wed, 27 Jun 2018 00:32:19 +0000

That last one looks like an impactor hit a layer of lava that rebounded up, earlier than the surrounding impacts…