https://marspedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Cryptic_region 2026-04-24T09:55:13Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.34.2 https://marspedia.org/index.php?title=Cryptic_region&diff=142293&oldid=prev 2024-11-26T01:29:37Z

<p>Not caused by underlying geology.</p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">Revision as of 01:29, 26 November 2024</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l8" >Line 8:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 8:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>However, none of these speculations clearly explain the mystery.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>However, none of these speculations clearly explain the mystery.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">At one time the Cryptic region was thought to be associated with the land form below it.  While most of the region is over the South Polar Layered Terrain, parts of it spread into other geologic regions.  Further, other similar areas of South Polar Layered Terrain did not have this strange darkness, so this explanation failed.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{stub}}</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{stub}}</div></td></tr> <!-- diff cache key marspediaorg_www-mwmars_:diff::1.12:old-142290:rev-142293 --> </table>

RichardWSmith https://marspedia.org/index.php?title=Cryptic_region&diff=142290&oldid=prev 2024-11-26T00:49:27Z

<p>New page. Mysterious region of darkness. Caused by Amazonian princesses who wish to remain concealed?</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>An area near the South Pole, which remains unusually dark as the area is covered with water and carbon dioxide (CO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;) ices and frosts. The reason why it remains darker is unclear.<br /> <br /> Several theories have been proposed, which include:<br /> *change in ice properties.<br /> *unusual amounts of cracking in the ice in this area.<br /> *geometrical photometric effects.<br /> *cold trapping of water vapour into frost.<br /> <br /> However, none of these speculations clearly explain the mystery.<br /> <br /> {{stub}}</div>

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