That's awesome. Someone who sees the idiocy of current theory.
Yeah, no, dust won't "settle" through ice. That's just a ridiculous fallacy to support an insupportable conclusion. The spiders are simply features of the surface lying underneath the ice that get revealed as the CO2 sublimates. It's that simple. See my buried response threads to Greg Orme further down the line in the archive. We've had a rather interesting repartee. :)
These are most likely scarred surface features that have just been covered up by ice and they get revealed, re-covered, revealed, etc.
Think Lichtenberg figures. ;) I'll leave your imagination to do the rest, well, once you look up Lichtenberg formation anyway... Hint: think electricity! Charged body in space. Bombarded by charged particles repeatedly until catastrophic discharge ensues.
*Smile*
Cheers,
~Michael
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- The Geysers Of Mars
- re: The Geysers Of Mars
- re: The Geysers Of Mars
- This version of the story...
- re: Image from Orbit
- Maybe they're dust devils
- Hugh Kieffer deserves the credit
- the "geyser" image
- re: the "geyser" image
- CO2-water clathrates to explain the Martian spiders.
- re: They're everywhere!
- I had a nightmare like that once
- To each his own
- re: To each his own
- active geyser vs passive spot
- re: active geyser vs passive spot
- re: active geyser vs passive spot
- Mars does not have a bipolar magnetosphere
- re: active geyser vs passive spot
- re: active geyser vs passive spot
- re: active geyser vs passive spot
- re: active geyser vs passive spot
- re: active geyser vs passive spot
- Improved html with image (hopefully)
- re: active geyser vs passive spot
- active geyser vs passive spot
- re: To each his own
- re: Unpredictable
- Meanwhile, high above the Red Planet...
