Comments on: Puzzling fractures on Mars https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/puzzling-fractures-on-mars/ Fri, 09 Nov 2018 02:11:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: BSJ https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/puzzling-fractures-on-mars/#comment-1061095 Fri, 09 Nov 2018 02:11:11 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=54672#comment-1061095 Yes, Floor Fractured Craters are formed when magma upwells through impact induced fractures. Not enough magma to completely flood the crater. But still enough to more or less cause the floor to float, fracture and spread out.

https://sciencetrends.com/lunar-floor-fractured-craters-provide-evidence-for-ancient-magmatic-intrusions/

]]> By: wodun https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/puzzling-fractures-on-mars/#comment-1061088 Fri, 09 Nov 2018 00:02:52 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=54672#comment-1061088 Every time I see those red squares I am torn between targeted imagery for immediate benefits and an OCD compulsion for a systematic survey that starts in one spot and images everything in the most efficient way that is quicker over time but not as useful in the short term. It is really a shame we don’t already have a constellation of satellites at Mars by now. Hopefully, this will all change soon.

]]> By: Pocono Chuck https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/puzzling-fractures-on-mars/#comment-1061078 Thu, 08 Nov 2018 18:48:21 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=54672#comment-1061078 I blame anthropogenic climate change.

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