Showing posts with label Ancient Layered Hills on Mars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ancient Layered Hills on Mars. Show all posts

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Ancient Layered Hills on Mars

Is this a picture of Mars or Earth? Oddly enough, it is a picture of Mars. What may appear to some as a terrestrial coastline is in fact a formation of ancient layered hills and wind-blown sand on Mars. The above-pictured region spans about three kilometers in Schiaparelli Crater. What created the layers of sediment is still a topic of research. Viable hypotheses include ancient