Comments on: Crazy badlands in the equatorial region of Mars https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/crazy-badlands-in-the-equatorial-region-of-mars/ Wed, 14 Sep 2022 08:10:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: wayne https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/crazy-badlands-in-the-equatorial-region-of-mars/#comment-1350554 Wed, 14 Sep 2022 08:10:03 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=88154#comment-1350554 Lee–
–going way tangential here….

“Under the Great Lakes”
NatGeo
https://youtu.be/VAo4qvP6o2E
45:18

]]> By: Blair Ivey https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/crazy-badlands-in-the-equatorial-region-of-mars/#comment-1350548 Wed, 14 Sep 2022 06:48:27 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=88154#comment-1350548 Lee S: Thank you for pointing out this feature. That is a seriously ‘What The . . .’ formation. But, it is very cold, and a relatively shallow gravity well. Many graduate degrees out of this one.

]]> By: Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/crazy-badlands-in-the-equatorial-region-of-mars/#comment-1350496 Tue, 13 Sep 2022 19:36:48 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=88154#comment-1350496 In reply to Lee S.

Lee S: Those parallel lines are ripple dunes, a very common feature on Mars. However, the floor of the crater is very interesting, in that it appears something over time cleared material from its center (where the dunes are), leaving two rough terraces on either side.

This could be left over from when there were glaciers here. Or maybe the rough terraces are lava that did not fill the entire crater.

]]> By: Lee S https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/crazy-badlands-in-the-equatorial-region-of-mars/#comment-1350485 Tue, 13 Sep 2022 18:31:18 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=88154#comment-1350485 But seriously…. ( And I mean the crater at the top of the full photo ), that intrigues me… I know the parallel (ish ) lines are believed to be dunes rather than glass tubes, but they do appear to be descending into the abyss… And it looks like there is sold cratered ground either side of said abyss….

Bob, or anyone else used to analysing Mars images.. I would be very grateful for any possible explanation of what the heck is going on here…

]]> By: Lee S https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/crazy-badlands-in-the-equatorial-region-of-mars/#comment-1350483 Tue, 13 Sep 2022 18:22:17 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=88154#comment-1350483 Just to come over all Hoagland… But that large crater at the top looks like it has a stairway leading into the plant from little shop of horrors….. Finally! Proof of life on Mars!!

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