Planet Four Talk

Interesting features

  • energiya by energiya

    What do this features represent? Thank you

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  • mschwamb by mschwamb scientist, translator

    The dark streaks are the seasonal fans on the surface of the ice sheet brought up by the carbon dioxide geysers. The swiggly line-like type structure. These are what we called "spiders". These are channels carve out in the dirt at the base of the ice sheet by the trapped CO2 gas. You can find out more here
    Cheers,
    ~Meg

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