Victoria Crater on Mars (APOD 22 Oct 2007)

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l3p3r
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Victoria Crater on Mars (APOD 22 Oct 2007)

Post by l3p3r » Mon Oct 22, 2007 6:12 am

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

The three parallel curving lines in the bottom left of the image struck me, any thoughts as to what they might be ?

Sorta reminds me of the lines left from successively lowering high tides :)

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Re: Victoria Crater on Mars (APOD 22 Oct 2007)

Post by Andy Wade » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:59 am

l3p3r wrote:http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

The three parallel curving lines in the bottom left of the image struck me, any thoughts as to what they might be ?

Sorta reminds me of the lines left from successively lowering high tides :)
I seem to remember that this was discussed at length last year:

http://asterisk.apod.com/vie ... 11&start=0
Regards,
Andy.

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Post by l3p3r » Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:07 am

thanks andy, a very enthusiastic discussion too, it seems :)

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