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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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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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