The HiRISE has uncovered a wealth of information in a canyon bank at Chasma Boreale at Mars’s north pole. Here, the canyon has eroded to reveal layers of minerals and other materials. The layers are rich in water ice, while the dark material toward the bottom is most likely sand dunes. These layers are helping scientists decode Mars’s recent climate variations.
After the gradual collapse of this 3.7-mile-long area of plateaus, the remains settled as a large outcropping of mesas and layered rocks. Scientists have formulated many possible explanations for the different layers, including dust, sand, volcanic ash or lake deposits. The color variations in the image (sand is represented in blue) might indicate further erosion. Studying the material composition of the hills and knobs will aid scientists in determining the geological history of Mars, and help determine whether humans could ever settle atop such a jagged landscape.
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Those images are amazing and the technology that we have has to give one pause. It will be just a matter of time until we can see even more detail in each image. Soon we will beable to see the life on Mars, like in the images found here http://www.ootwo.com/hunting.asp and here http://www.ootwo.com/issa.asp. Apparently the life is there, we just have not been shown it.
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