Is this ice?

• by Crabstick

  Crabstick.

  Posted January 10, 2013 9:04 PM

• by mschwamb scientist, translator in response to Crabstick's comment.

  Those swiggly lines are channels but they are carved but something other than water. They are carved into the surface of Mars by carbon dioxide gas trapped under the thawing carbon dioxide ice sheet on the south pole of Mars. You can learn more about what these features are here and here.
  Cheers,
  ~Meg

  Posted January 11, 2013 12:22 AM