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Mar 17 2007, 09:58 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 60 Joined: 22-October 04 Member No.: 102 |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6461201.stm
Scientists studying pictures from Nasa's Odyssey spacecraft have spotted what they think may be seven caves on the surface of Mars. well I guess that makes habitats a much easier task of creating now, plus with whatever we find in the walls of Valles Marineris. |
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Mar 18 2007, 09:58 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 8 Joined: 20-April 05 Member No.: 276 |
Yes, you can found stalactites in basalt cave!
When I was younger I do a lot a caving. In 1982 we stay a few month in Hawaii to survey lavatube and climb down many pit like this one. This look very similar to the pictures in article. At the bottom of Mauna Ulu crater that was in eruption from 1969 to 1974 we found a cave, in fact the roof of a magma chamber, with many sulfate stalactites and stalagmites up to 1 meter in length. They formed in less than 6 years from water drainage in the subjacent basalt. Is this possible on Mars ? sure that Kau desert is a very wet place by comparison. There is also basalt stalagmites in some lavatube: But not sure if such a structure can survive billion of years. |
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