I spy, with my PanCam eye...

You are refrencing Rense?

LOL

While lightning from a dust storm might be possible, (although unlikely, I think) I think that you need to cite a better source than Rense.

powerweb.grc.nasa.gov...

Lightning occurs as a result of natural charging phenomena. On earth, lightning is known to result from electric fields developed during rain storms, dust storms, and volcanic eruptions. These fields are the result of droplet-droplet, or dust-dust collisional charging. Since extensive dust storms are known on Mars, Martian lightning should be expected to occur.

Lightning discharges have been detected on every planet with an atmosphere except for Mars and Neptune. Neptune has been only briefly surveyed. Mars has been more extensively surveyed (Mariner, Viking). However, the reconnaissance involved did not specifically focus on surveying the Martian night, and, therefore, might simply have failed to detect the relatively faint signatures of Martian lightning flashes.

[Edited on 2/14/2004 by Bangin]

OK, fair enough, Martian lightning.

Am I the only one here that thinks that the long rock or whatever it is, looks like a fossel from a long time ago? I'm thinking that it was an alien creature who was one of the last to die out because of whatever circumstances which happened that turned the prospering planet into a giant dust bowl.

Originally posted by joshter
Am I the only one here that thinks that the long rock or whatever it is, looks like a fossel from a long time ago? I'm thinking that it was an alien creature who was one of the last to die out because of whatever circumstances which happened that turned the prospering planet into a giant dust bowl.

I am not sure what rock you are refering to.

How do you know that Mars was once a "prospering planet?"

The fine grain sand in the middle looks like someone covered up at the beach to me.

Originally posted by HowardRoark
I see some interesting shapes and patterns. It would be interesting to look at them closer.

However, keeping in mind that Mars is another planet with an environment, climate and geology that are significantly different from ours, I think it is wrong to apply terestrial models to acount for the shapes and patterns.

Well phrased.
This is a big blind spot in the whole system.
I keep seeing references elsewhere that people want to identify the sedimentary rocks as created by windblown deposits.
If they were wind-blown, they wouldn't have become rocks without being subjected to pressure non-existent (insufficient to create >rock