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re: R0903244 ridges

I'm looking at a lot of images for my polar wander theory. These would all be on the edge of a former pole at Meridiani. There are a lot that look like there were water and ice flows heading north.

http://barsoom.msss.com/moc_gallery/r03_r09/full_jpg_non_map/R05/R0500485.jpg

The long ridge is unusual.

http://barsoom.msss.com/moc_gallery/r03_r09/full_jpg_non_map/R05/R0501662.jpg

Some more examples in the crater

lhttp://barsoom.msss.com/moc_gallery/r03_r09/images/R06/R0600547.html

In the center of the image there is an apparent mesa, and the ridges divide it into several parts like a dinner tray.

lhttp://barsoom.msss.com/moc_gallery/r03_r09/images/R09/R0900166.html

Right at the bottom of the image is a very unusual crater. It connects to an apparent channel that appears to have carried a lot of fluid. Presumably the fluid came from inside the crater, but this would imply a huge amount of subsurface water was released. It may be the channel coninues on the other side of the crater though.

http://barsoom.msss.com/moc_gallery/r03_r09/images/R09/R0901394.html

Similar ridges in the area but much smaller.

http://barsoom.msss.com/moc_gallery/r03_r09/images/R09/R0903086.html

More of the ridges.

lhttp://barsoom.msss.com/moc_gallery/r03_r09/full_jpg_non_map/R09/R0903244.jpg

This is a little further west. If you look towards the bottom of the image there is a pass between two higher areas of land, with a small long and narrow rock in between the two. Looking at this rock, there appears to be a trail heading upwards. It looks to me like this is debris captured behind the rock from a water flow, and further up the dunes are like ripples from a water flow.

http://barsoom.msss.com/moc_gallery/r03_r09/images/R09/R0904380.html

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