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Rocks dont grow legs. Rocks dont crack for no reason.
shaneslaughta
reply to post by MysterX
Read BETWEEN the lines.
I mean to say, it is not ET or Martians or any life form doing it.
The movement is simply wind. Mars has some big storms.
The cracks are simply water in the rocks freezing and splitting.
Aleister
shaneslaughta
reply to post by MysterX
Read BETWEEN the lines.
I mean to say, it is not ET or Martians or any life form doing it.
The movement is simply wind. Mars has some big storms.
The cracks are simply water in the rocks freezing and splitting.
Nah, these pics were not taken too long apart. And there is no water in the air to settle onto objects at night and freeze, especially in a short amount of time. And wind would not blow the larger rocks and pebbles around. There are very interesting differences in the two scenes though, the OP has found some odd stuff here.
shaneslaughta
You also forgetting that mars has some ferocious storms there. Winds on mars can be much higher than they are on earth.
The surface pressure of Mars is about 1/150th that of the surface pressure of the Earth. This means that there are much fewer molecules in the atmosphere. This means that the atmosphere near the surface of Mars has much less inertia than that near the surface of the the Earth. Putting the atmosphere of the Earth in motion must be like putting molasses in motion compared to putting the atmosphere of Mars in motion. This means that the Martian surface winds can be accelerated to higher speeds than those on Earth, see the classes of terrestrial wind speeds. The general circulation pattern of winds is also very different from the terrestrial circulation pattern. These winds can be whipped to an extreme during the frequent Martian global dust storms. Because of Mars' lower gravity, the winds can more easily lift and carry sand particles. Sand particles from the surface driven by winds contribute to sand erosion of the surface. Features found by the Mars Pathfinder lander provided plenty of evidence for sand erosion by wind. But the lower atmospheric pressure of Mars makes it harder for the winds to impart momentum to sand particles lying on the ground. Thus the amount of sand grains lifted from the surface are accelerated to high speeds may be different from what would be expected on the Earth. This makes the erosion of Martian rock a little different than on Earth.
Xcathdra
reply to post by super70
Could it be possible the cracks occurred when the rover went over them (or partially went over them)? The rover is not exactly small nor is it light.
Secondly - The recent rock issue - Scientists noted that its composition is unlike anything they have ever seen. When everyone is discussing mars no one really bothers to include the fact that its environment is not like Earth's. Is it possible that a combination of Mars "weather" (winds, extreme high / low temperature from day to night, the suns affect on Mars etc) and the possibility of unknown elements be an explanation for some of the weirder pictures?
Just a thought.
reply to post by super70
I am a professional graphic artist and notice tiny details in images that have been altered that most people may not notice