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Groovy! Martian Moon Shows Off Its Weird Stripes In New Video

Posted December 23, 2013 12:59 PM

From Universe Today:

After seeing Phobos imaged from the surface of the Red Planet by Mars Curiosity, now we're lucky to get a close-up treat: here's a video showing Mars Express images of the Martian moon over the last 10 years. The images reveal mysterious grooves running through the small moon, which is 13.5-miles (22 kilometers) in diameter, and scientists still aren't sure what's going on.

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12/24/2013 11:58 PM

I saw what appear to be rows of small impacts near the end of the video, but at first glance, the whole thing looks like a huge chunk of sedimentary rock somehow separated from a larger earlier source.

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12/25/2013 7:45 AM

That was my first thought too, but then I saw that there were layers going in different directions like at a fault line. Still unconvinced, but I'd like to hear some other ideas on it!

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High energy solar plasma abrasion?
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