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Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP02 May 2013 3:32 p.m. PST

"This image covers many shallow irregular pits with raised rims, concentrated along ridges and other topographic features. How did these odd features form?

One idea is that they could be from sublimation of shallow lenses of nearly pure ice, but why do the pits have raised rims? They can't be impact craters with such fortuitous alignment and irregular margins. They aren't wind-blown deposits because there are many boulders, too big to be moved by the wind. There are younger wind-blown drifts on top of the pits, and there's no clear connection to volcanism…"
Full article and pics here.
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Armand

skippy000102 May 2013 4:46 p.m. PST

Underwater vulcanism??

Augustus Supporting Member of TMP02 May 2013 6:02 p.m. PST

Some sort of strange wind erosion? Weird stuff that is for sure.

Personal logo Legion 4 Supporting Member of TMP02 May 2013 6:04 p.m. PST

Aliens did it …

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Pedrobear02 May 2013 6:16 p.m. PST

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Twilight Samurai02 May 2013 8:58 p.m. PST

Maybe we will have to wait until contestants from a Dutch reality TV show can take a closer look.

billthecat03 May 2013 10:24 a.m. PST

Carl Sagan did it.

StarfuryXL503 May 2013 9:39 p.m. PST

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The Centauri did it?

Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP03 May 2013 10:40 p.m. PST

What did the Aliens with the hair of this guy? (smile).

Amicalement
Armand

capncarp19 May 2013 6:07 p.m. PST

"The Centauri did it?"

It's the love-child of Londo Molari and G'Kar!

(Major Disaster)20 May 2013 8:44 a.m. PST

It's the love-child of Londo Molari and G'Kar!

Looks more like the love-child of Londo Molari and John Sheridan

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