Width of the picture is about 170 km. It is taken from the Themis daytime IR Mosaic. The features themselves are about 100 m wide and are not visible in the nighttime IR mosaic.
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Daan Kogelmans
I don't know about that. All the trails seem to go from knob to knob or crater to crater. I've hardly seen trails that are not between two "knobs" (but I will check on this). So how can volcanism be the cause?To my eye the "trails" follow the hills and only coincidentally intersect craters, further suggesting volcanism as the trail maker.
By "hills" I meant the same thing you're calling knobs. It looks to me as if those trails are long shallow valleys, with those knobs either somewhere along them or at the intersection of two or three of them. It therefore seems likely they're causally connected. I suggest volcanism because it's the only thing I can think of.kogelmans wrote:I don't know about that. All the trails seem to go from knob to knob or crater to crater. I've hardly seen trails that are not between two "knobs" (but I will check on this). So how can volcanism be the cause?To my eye the "trails" follow the hills and only coincidentally intersect craters, further suggesting volcanism as the trail maker.
We expect a full report, complete with collagesrstevenson wrote:I hereby volunteer to go and find out more about the area.![]()
A quick search turned up this report, which is along the lines of what Rob suggested. It is stated that similar lineaments (wrinkle ridges or faults) and domes are seen in terrestrial volcanic fields.kogelmans wrote:Does anyone know why these knobs and craters around Tyndall Crater on Mars seem to be connected? I found lots and lots of these connecting features around there, but I couldn't find anything about them on the web. Any suggestions?
So it's basically all Rob's fault then.Chris Peterson wrote:
A quick search turned up this report, which is along the lines of what Rob suggested. It is stated that similar lineaments (wrinkle ridges or faults) and domes are seen in terrestrial volcanic fields.
Better that than his wrinkles!neufer wrote:So it's basically all Rob's fault then.
kogelmans wrote:
I found this in the same area, just a little bit to the south. Looks great doesn't it?
I will now pretend to a dignified silence. Better that than an eruption, or worse yet, a movement.Chris Peterson wrote:Better that than his wrinkles!neufer wrote:So it's basically all Rob's fault then.