Comments on: Buried mountain on Mars

By: Robert Zimmerman

Robert Zimmerman — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 04:12:15 +0000

In reply to Edward_2. Edward_2: There ARE 3D pictures from Mars. MRO's high resolution picture routinely takes two images of many of the cool images I feature for the purpose of creating a stereo image. I don't post these because it involves far more time than I can afford, and the use of software I don't know and don't have the right computer for. If you dug into the archive of the high resolution camera (here) you will find these images. The archive also will lead you to obtaining the software. If you or anyone wants to play around and produce something, I'd be glad to post it here. Note that you can view many of these images as anaglyphs here.

By: Edward_2

Edward_2 — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 04:03:31 +0000

I wish there were 3D pictures of Martian terrain.

By: Star Bird

Star Bird — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 20:48:30 +0000

Mars has soft soil its quite plain that the soil of Mars is Soft like sand and a winds maybe

By: Lee Stevenson

Lee Stevenson — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 16:12:49 +0000

On closer examination you guys are right, and I stand corrected. Although there is ejecta spreads from some of the dark spots, the majority do not have… The dark spot bottom right on the large view is especially interesting.
Some sort of residual volcanic activity under the lava plane venting? Who knows? This is definitely one of the most interesting “cool images” posted ( in my opinion ) , and to think it was not even a designated science target!
As you always remind us Bob… Mars is genuinely alien. The sooner we have boots on the ground to go and poke at these mysteries the better!

By: Robert Zimmerman

Robert Zimmerman — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 15:36:35 +0000

In reply to Lee Stevenson. Lee: You could be correct in some cases, maybe all. However, the dark crater in the section I posted appears to have all its dark material inside the crater. This is not how fresh craters look.

By: Robert Zimmerman

Robert Zimmerman — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 15:34:23 +0000

In reply to Max. Max: Good eye! I as going to discuss them but forgot. As such I did not research them at all, but based on past readings I think these dark craters or depressions are all thought to be vents, though why and what they are venting is entirely all unknown.

By: Lee Stevenson

Lee Stevenson — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 14:07:10 +0000

@Max, I think they are fresh impact craters too small to have the rims resolved in the image. There have been many photos of fresh Martian craters, and they all seem to have dark ejecta splashes.
It must have been some spectacular event which flooded the area with molten rock…. I would have loved to be a spectator, but from a good distance!!!
On a related note, the mountains seen relatively free from craters compared to the surrounding area, given that Bobs theory ( which I agree with ) indicates they are much older than the surrounding plains, this is pretty bizarre!

By: Max

Max — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 12:37:31 +0000

A deep flow of material across the entire plane surrounding the peaks. Curious about the dark holes? are they windows? Impact craters have a rim around them. On the original picture, I count over 30 such black pits. There’s also streaking coming from the pits indicating outflow of gases. Just guessing…