Tentacles on Mars?

[kogelmans]

Does anyone know what these strange tentacles emanating from these Martian hills are? I found them on an unnamed ESA-picture near Mawrth Vallis.

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Thanks! -- Daan
Mars Weirdness

[geckzilla]

Could you post a link to the source? Maybe it could give us a better context for lighting direction. If I had to guess right now I'd say some kind of blown dust or some sort of clouds.

[kogelmans]

I found them on an unnamed ESA-picture in Google Earth (Mars-edition). The coördinates are marked in the lower right corner of the picture.

I don't think they are dust or sand-dunes. They always radiate outwards from hills. I found some more if you want to see them.

[kogelmans]

Here's a larger view of the second tentacle-region:

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