quote:Mars is a pretty wild and wonderful place, and an image posted to the NASA science blog and Astronomy Photo of the Day this week is a brilliant example. It shows what appears to be a mountain... but completely hollowed out.
While it's not actually the product of some strange mining experiment, the formation is indeed hollow. What you're looking at is a lava tube 'skylight', the product of ancient volcanic activity below the surface of Mars.
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When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier
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Several people have eaten my cooking and survived.
quote:Originally posted by CHAS:
I have always thought the Martians probably lived
deep under the surface.