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what is it?

  • jaroslavp by jaroslavp

    What is the light brown thing in the middle bottom part of the picture?

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  • wassock by wassock moderator

    Good question. It's fairly common to see very dark/black areas like that to the left of the light brown patch but don't think I've seen any thing like That. It is well defined against the black with a curving border. Odd

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  • jaroslavp by jaroslavp

    Maybe it is frozen water with mud in it. Thats why it is light brown.

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  • Kitharode by Kitharode moderator in response to jaroslavp's comment.

    It certainly looks to be sat on top of the general landscape. Last remnants of an ice covering might be an explanation, but muddy frozen water is not, I think, a strong contender. Dusty co2 ice perhaps? Good find, well spotted.

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  • JellyMonster by JellyMonster

    Here's another... APF00012kj. I have spun it and also did a few level edits. The anomaly looks very smooth in places.

    ![Anomaly] (http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/1ff2/id83w1kep40ghv36g.jpg)

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  • Kitharode by Kitharode moderator

    That's much better. I'd now suggest that this relates to wassocks 'Fossil Craters' discussion. I think we're talking erosion of the polar layered deposits.

    http://talk.planetfour.org/#/boards/BPF0000009/discussions/DPF0000dcu?page=4&comment_id=517851ebded9101374000029

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