Comments on: Polygons on Mars https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/polygons-on-mars/ Wed, 13 Nov 2019 14:38:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Ross Simon https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/polygons-on-mars/#comment-1072876 Wed, 13 Nov 2019 14:38:08 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=61964#comment-1072876 Why is this more complex than just desiccation cracks? I know Mars is a strange place, but is this really so strange?

“Desiccation cracks form at the sediment-air interface and are preserved in the rock record through sediment infill from overlying strata” (Plummer and Gostin, 1981).

https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article/46/6/515/530329/Desiccation-cracks-provide-evidence-of-lake-drying

]]> By: wayne https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/polygons-on-mars/#comment-1072872 Wed, 13 Nov 2019 08:50:43 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=61964#comment-1072872 ERB: John Carter
2012
https://youtu.be/C5LFH5Ze84A
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]]> By: Max https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/polygons-on-mars/#comment-1072858 Wed, 13 Nov 2019 01:17:52 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=61964#comment-1072858 Gives new life to the existence of “Martian canals”. Low gravity canyon jumping from one Plateau to another will be an exciting sport someday on mars.

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