Frozen liquid?

by doug67

I'm only just getting into this scientific stuff but does anyone else think that this picture looks like a large body of frozen crystal clear liquid?

Posted January 11, 2013 4:10 PM
by michaelaye scientist

that's almost exactly what we believe, apart from that we know it's CO2, and that's not liquid in the conditions on Mars. It's more than 90% of the atmosphere on Mars, and because it's cold enough on Mars, it just freezes out of the atmosphere. And this image, we believe is very comparable to things like this http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RAlP3BmEW1Q/TQX5VRh2iGI/AAAAAAAACPQ/HtkI2LrztA0/s1600/The-best-top-winter-desktop-wallpapers-1.jpg

Posted January 11, 2013 8:30 PM

Comments

I agree with some of the others who've said that its a flat surface. If you look at it closely the shadows have the same texture as the rest

Posted January 14, 2013 9:40 PM

...So they're not actually indentations, in my opinion.

Posted January 14, 2013 9:40 PM

by michaelaye scientist

These are cracks in the CO2 ice layer. Pressurized CO2 gas transports dust through the cracks.

Posted January 14, 2013 9:59 PM

the same fan black dust explosions as the rest but I think they explode out of underground rivers I've seen the same pattern in other pics

Posted January 15, 2013 7:37 AM

Similar features on Earth: Russia 68.5, 32.7 Norway 69.6, 31.0 Greenland 60.7, -46.6; 64.5,-52.0 and most similarly Russia 77.0, 105.4

Posted January 15, 2013 10:34 AM

It reminds me of that state when mud is drying, has crinkled but has not actually cracked.....?

Posted January 15, 2013 2:20 PM

Possibly frost patterns, similar to those that form on a a damp pane of glass, but not H20, dark colour coming from trapped dust.

Posted January 15, 2013 6:50 PM

image APF0000hdp would appear to be some kind of membrane inflated by Co2(?)

Posted January 15, 2013 9:07 PM

Posted February 11, 2013 11:50 PM

Strange formations?, and what are the white dots?

Posted February 14, 2013 6:22 PM