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Old May 11th 04, 03:47 AM
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Default Rain water run-off channel at Opportunity, Sol 103?

In article , rodders2000
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http://www.lyle.org/~markoff/process...6L234567M1.JPG
Opportunity, Sol 103, Pancam.

I don't. But it sure looks like one. Could the wind do something like that?


The obliquity of Mars is believed to have changed periodically on a
relatively short timescale (millions of years). Snow pack layering could
have melted, creating such channels/gullies.


It could be a water drainage channel -- we know that there used to be
standing water here. It also could be the result of aeolian weathering
of a surface that has varying compositions. In the latter case, the
channeling would be controlled not by the erosive force but by the
structure of the materials being eroded.

Doug