I don’t know about you but these crazy images that we’ve found of Mars make us want to take a trip there.
While that’s probably not going to happen anytime soon, let’s explore 12 Images Of Mars Resembling Weird Things:
12. Looks like: tree roots
What it really is: Spring temperatures cause carbon-dioxide ice in the polar caps to sublimate into the atmosphere leaving behind starburst patterns.
11. Looks like: a tattoo
What it really is: A picture of dust devils which shows the tracks in which they trace the sandy surface of Mars.
10. Looks like: a snow maze
What it really is: Summer temperatures cause the ice on the Mars’ north pole to melt, revealing a cracked and bare surface underneath.
9. Looks like: animal footprints
What it really is: Pockets in the summer on Mars’ north pole where ice disappeared and wind blew away the loose dust and dirt underneath.
8. Looks like: a weird eye ball
What it really is: Frost on Mars’ polar caps made of carbon dioxide, forming due to spring weather.
7. Looks like: a mix between a spider web and honeycomb
6. Looks like: intestines
What it really is: Part of a maze on Mars called Noctis Labyrinthus, which means “labyrinth of the night.”
5. Looks like: a ghost
What it really is: A towering dust devil in the Amazonia Planitia region on Mars, that is about 100 feet across and more than half a mile high.
4. Looks like: a serpent
What it really is: A sand dune called barchan formed on Mars’ Hellas impact basin when Martian winds blew in the same direction for a long period of time.
3. Looks like: an ocean that froze and turned to rock
What it really is: Scientists are actually unsure of this, but they suspect that these gullies either formed from flowing water, liquid carbon dioxide, or something else.
2. Looks like: a beautiful landscape
What it really is: A very eroded portion of the Aram Chaos region on Mars, in which the strips of color indicate a change in the chemical properties of the rock.
1. Looks like: the whiskers of a sea otter
What it really is: Sand dunes on Mars’ Proctor Crater, an area that holds some of the first sand dunes ever discovered on Mars.
We hope you enjoyed these really cool images of Mars. If you have any additional ones you’ve found that resemble weird things, please be sure to share them with us!
[Featured Image Credit: mars.jpl.nasa.gov]
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