Planet Four Talk

Spidery radiating lines Bottom left quadrant of picture

  • gavjbaker by gavjbaker

    Could these be lines from some kind of vehicle!?

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

    Nicely spotted. Those are channels. 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

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