Ice sculptures fill the deepest parts of Mars
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 - 08:02
in Astronomy & Space
One of the weirdest and least understood areas of Mars, the enormous Hellas Impact Basin contains strange flowing landforms that bespeak of some specialized and large-scale geologic process having taken place. The HiRISE camera aboard NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter recently captured the image above, showing whats being called lava lamp terrain stretched and contorted surface that looks like overworked modeling clay or pulled taffy or, with a bit of imagination, the melted, mesmerizing contents of a party light from another era.