Starship Asterisk*

Pseudo colour to highlight numerous horizontal dotted lines
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[quote="orin stepanek" post_id=330693 time=1683037832 user_id=100812]
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One thing about flat rocks is that they could make good building
material! :mrgreen: :evil:
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What I was trying to show were regular dotted horizontal rows that look like brickwork or maybe like windows in a large building or ship.
Here is that fragment in maximum resolution from flickr (click to zoom in)
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We can build a good foundation for superstructures using those flat rocks or something beautiful that can be created by architectural design. Yeah! <3 O:) * (Y)

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One thing about flat rocks is that they could make good building
material! :mrgreen: :evil:

looks like bricks in the walls
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Couldn't one reason for the flat rocks be that they are flat because they are sedimentary rocks?

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