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Looks Like The Driest Place On Mars
SigurRosFan
post Feb 2 2006, 07:01 PM
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- http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2006/02/02/ - Broken Plain

--- This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows polygonally patterned ground on the floor of a trough in the southern hemisphere of Mars. The polygons could be an indicator that ground ice is or was present at this location. The dark streaks were formed by passing dust devils. ---


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If we removed all the sand, perhaps Meridiani planum would look like this (with troughs like Anatolia).

And if we removed all Meridiani sands and the polygonal features, perhaps it would look like a big subsurface ice layer.


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