Because of the way the dark spots line up, that make sense. The only time I have seen rocks line up naturally is when they are eroded out of an outcrop like a conveyor belt.

I agree, these channels do not look like they were formed by water or a liquid for that matter.

What do you think about this terrain? I call it taffy terrain because it reminds me the way taffy looks when it is being twisted in a taffy maker. It is the most bizarre terrain I have ever seen. It looks like some metamorphic rock or mud twisted around.

This terrain is located in the Western center side of the Hellas Basin. It is close to the deepest spot on Mars. At times, in this location, the temperature and pressure get high enough for liquid water to exist on the surface (Or course, such water would quickly evaporate in the dry air).

Here is another shot

href="http://www.msss.com/moc_gallery/e19_r02/images/E21/E2100844.html">And here

There are dozens of more shots of this area.

I figure we are either looking at some twisted metamorphic rock that was created from the Hellas impact event, was buried, and now is being uncovered. Or we are looking at some kind of localized glaciation from a very elastic mud water mix.