HiRise finds Martian rimless pits not bottomless

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HiRise finds Martian rimless pits not bottomless

Post by JohnD » Sat Dec 04, 2010 11:56 pm

The Hirise team have been able to process pictures of Martian rimless pits to image the bottom and measure their depth.
http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_019997_1975
However mysterious thier origin and potentially informative about geo (Mario?)processes that formed them, they look prosaic, and not to be the gateways to massive cave systems that once they were said to be.

John

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