Recent Liquid Flow on Mars - Revision history

Michel Lamontagne at 20:57, 10 November 2020

2020-11-10T20:57:06Z

Jburk at 18:18, 17 December 2018

2018-12-17T18:18:03Z

Farred: tweak

2013-10-16T15:51:14Z

tweak

Farred: Recent liquid flow on Mars?

2013-10-16T08:28:02Z

Recent liquid flow on Mars?

New page

== Recent liquid flow on Mars? ==
Photographs of Hebes Chasma were recently published<ref>[http://spacefellowship.com/news/art35520/martian-scars.html "Martian scars" at SPACE FELLOWSHIP]</ref> which show considerable resemblance to liquid flow features. The dark stains seem to show something that "pool[ed] like spilt ink". Commentator(s) bent over backwards trying to not seem to be guilty of sensationalism. The stains were suggested to be probably dust movement that produced a "flow-like feature". There is a possibility that wind can become heavily laden with dust and flow downwards to leave the dust collected in a broad flat pool, but the images in this case make that explanation seem unlikely. The possibility of a petroleum seep suggests itself but the flow pattern that would result in the actual images is hard to imagine. Perhaps some unknown gas of volcanic origin collected in Hebes Chasma and then condensed as dew on the surfaces that cooled the most by radiation. This dew then slowly drained from those surfaces into inky pools in deep depressions in the eastern and central parts of Hebes Chasma. If there is a liquid on Mars of petroleum nature, it could be an advantage for colonization efforts some day.

== Reference ==
<references/>

[[Category:Geology]]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-== Recent liquid flow on Mars? ==
+==Recent liquid flow on Mars?==
-Photographs of Hebes Chasma were recently published<ref>[http://spacefellowship.com/news/art35520/martian-scars.html "Martian scars" at SPACE FELLOWSHIP]</ref> which show considerable resemblance to liquid flow features.  The dark stains seem to show something that "pool[ed] like spilt ink".  Commentator(s) bent over backwards trying to not seem to be guilty of sensationalism.  The stains were suggested to be probably dust movement that produced a "flow-like feature".  There is a possibility that wind can become heavily laden with dust and flow downwards to leave the dust collected in a broad flat pool, but the images in this case make that explanation seem unlikely.  The possibility of a petroleum seep suggests itself but the flow pattern that would result in the actual images is hard to imagine.  Perhaps some unknown dense gas of volcanic origin collected in Hebes Chasma and then condensed as dew on the surfaces that cooled the most by radiation.  This dew then slowly drained from those surfaces into inky pools in deep depressions in the eastern and central parts of Hebes Chasma.  If there is a liquid on Mars of petroleum nature, it could be an advantage for colonization efforts some day.
+Photographs of Hebes Chasma were recently published<ref>[http://spacefellowship.com/news/art35520/martian-scars.html "Martian scars" at SPACE FELLOWSHIP]</ref> which show considerable resemblance to [[Liquid Water on Mars|liquid flow]] features.  The dark stains seem to show something that "pool[ed] like spilt ink".  Commentator(s) bent over backwards trying to not seem to be guilty of sensationalism.  The stains were suggested to be probably dust movement that produced a "flow-like feature".  There is a possibility that wind can become heavily laden with dust and flow downwards to leave the dust collected in a broad flat pool, but the images in this case make that explanation seem unlikely.  The possibility of a petroleum seep suggests itself but the flow pattern that would result in the actual images is hard to imagine.  Perhaps some unknown dense gas of volcanic origin collected in Hebes Chasma and then condensed as dew on the surfaces that cooled the most by radiation.  This dew then slowly drained from those surfaces into inky pools in deep depressions in the eastern and central parts of Hebes Chasma.  If there is a liquid on Mars of petroleum nature, it could be an advantage for colonization efforts some day.
-== Reference ==
+==Reference==
-<references/>
+<references />
 [[Category:Areology]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:18, 17 December 2018
Line 5:		Line 5:
	<references/>		<references/>

−	[[Category:~~Geology~~]]	+	[[Category:Areology]]