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Marcia — 1/15/2006 6:20:58 PM (archived)

Hi, BR.

Call it water, acidic and or salty, but something must have been there to support these festoons while they were forming. They're still 'standing' today.

There must have been at least, five inches of 'something' of support. Look at the shadows:

Their ripples are coming from one direction (my reason for wanting to see a paste-up/pan of the jpgs I posted above.

It looks like some kind of precipitated mixture that was created under water... ok, there's that word again... possibly under hydrothermal conditions.

What's their chemical composition?

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• Squyres update - JimO - 1/14/2006 8:08:37 AM
  • I'll bite. What's a "festoon" and why is it cool? - Tom Brosz - 1/14/2006 7:11:15 PM
    • I think the "festoons" are what make up the "etched terrain". - Jacob Samorodin - 1/14/2006 8:27:24 PM
      • re: I think the "festoons" are what make up the "etched terrain". - Doug Ellison - 1/15/2006 12:23:40 AM
      • Several weeks? - Buck Galaxy - 1/14/2006 10:48:27 PM
    • re: I'll bite. What's a "festoon" and why is it cool? - Doug Ellison - 1/14/2006 8:23:39 PM
      • Caution Will Robinson - nick hoffman - 1/15/2006 9:50:30 AM
      • re: I'll bite. What's a "festoon" and why is it cool? - Marcia - 1/14/2006 9:05:55 PM
        • Among many fascinating aspects... - BRFelix - 1/15/2006 2:12:16 PM
          • Cool. "Fractal Mars!" (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/15/2006 6:51:58 PM
          • re: Among many fascinating aspects... - Marcia - 1/15/2006 6:20:58 PM
            • re: Among many fascinating aspects... - nick hoffman - 1/16/2006 9:00:32 AM
              • re: Among many fascinating aspects... - Marcia - 1/16/2006 5:35:25 PM
                • So does this kill the recent volcano/impact hypotheses for Meridiani? (n/t) - pwokenyaw - 1/16/2006 10:24:16 PM