What Made This Strange, Deep Hole on Mars

[skywizard]

NASA Can't Explain What Made This Strange, Deep Hole on Mars
We're not saying it's aliens...


You'd think NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has seen everything there is to see on the Martian surface in the 11 years it's orbited our nearest neighbour, but a snapshot taken over the planet's South Pole has revealed something we can't explain.

While the planet's entire surface is pocked with various depressions and craters, a vast pit spotted among the "Swiss cheese terrain" of melting frozen carbon dioxide appears to be a bit deeper than your average hole, leaving astronomers to try and figure out what made it.

A lot of things can make holes in Mars' rocky terrain: more than half a million meteorite impacts have left craters; collapsing lava tubes have created deep pits; ancient floods have gouged out giant chasms; and volcanic activity has melted ice to leave funnels.

Occasionally the MRO will come across an odd feature that poses a fun mystery to solve, such as this shallow, circular depression seen earlier this year.

But there's nothing so shallow about this newly discovered pit. Just take a look at it:




Being summer for Mars' South Pole, the Sun is low enough in the sky to accentuate shadows over the landscape, making subtle features pop right out. Yet there a glint of light is still able to reveal ice at the bottom of the hole.

Surrounding the pit are patches frozen carbon dioxide. The circles in the ice is thought to where the dry ice has sublimated into gas in the summer sunshine, leaving what astronomers call "Swiss Cheese terrain".

The image was taken using the MRO's High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, or HiRISE camera, which allows researchers to see objects on Mars that are larger than one metre (about 3 feet) in size from about 200 to 400 kilometres (about 125 to 250 miles) above.

That means the pit isn't tiny – at 50 centimetres (19.7 inches) per pixel, we're looking at a feature hundreds of metres across. Take a look on NASA's website for a hi-res version of the image.

So the question is, did something punch its way through, or is it a collapse of some sort?

Without more information, it's hard to tell, but no doubt NASA will be discussing all of the possibilities.

The MRO has been in Martian orbit since March, 2006, sending back detailed images of the Red Planet's surface that reveal a dynamic environment where dust devils roam, sand dunes crawl, and occasional bits of Earthling tech are left to gather dust.

After completing all of its primary goals in the first two years, and two mission extensions, the orbiter is still going strong – we'll almost certainly be seeing more odd holes like this in the future.




Source: https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-do...p-hole-on-mars


peace...

[Amanda]

Perhaps it is not a hole on Mars - perhaps the question might need to be: Where is this hole? Or perhaps the question: Is this a photograph or a CGI (Computer Generated Image)?

Just because someone tells us something is true - as in an online or mainstream news article - does not mean it is true and based on fact. Could be NASA (Never A Straight Answer) trying to see who is paying attention. If you ask a question such as; Why does NASA need artists on staff? The response will usually be along the lines of artists being needed to create brochures et cetera. A NASA employee who was an artist came forward and told the public she was asked to - 'airbrush items in' and 'airbrush items out' of photographs.

Work those instincts People they may be all you have left one day.

Much Respect & Much Peace - Amanda

[Aragorn]

Perhaps it is not a hole on Mars - perhaps the question might need to be: Where is this hole? Or perhaps the question: Is this a photograph or a CGI (Computer Generated Image)?

I agree, Amanda. Whatever these graphics are, regular photographs they are not. Perhaps it's some kind of visualized graphic from a radio telescope.

Just because someone tells us something is true - as in an online or mainstream news article - does not mean it is true and based on fact. Could be NASA (Never A Straight Answer) trying to see who is paying attention. If you ask a question such as; Why does NASA need artists on staff? The response will usually be along the lines of artists being needed to create brochures et cetera. A NASA employee who was an artist came forward and told the public she was asked to - 'airbrush items in' and 'airbrush items out' of photographs.

That was Donna Hare. She's an official Disclosure Project witness.

[Synagex]

The projector that created the holographic landscape that has covered this entrance has failed.

[modwiz]

I came to Earth/Gaia to enjoy once we repair things a bit so, holes on Mars are a big yawnfest for me.

[Aianawa]

True and also knowing the past may help one know the future or even not repeat it or create better this time, as I believe we soul wise lived back in time with mars and before that maldek/X/asteroid belt etc.

[modwiz]

True and also knowing the past may help one know the future or even not repeat it or create better this time, as I believe we soul wise lived back in time with mars and before that maldek/X/asteroid belt etc.

You have wisdom to not get distracted.

[Aianawa]

The face on mars debacle or truth, depending on perspective, was a perfect timing when becoming known, it gave integrity to sufi teachings and elder lore, oral kept, also allowed imo some sciency types to seek further their enquiry and allowing Bode's theories some light.

[PurpleLama]

We are looking at the results of the use of space based energy weapons. It is possible the weapons used water and scalar energy, but you didn't hear that from me.

The surface of Mars is riddled with such evidence, some of which is on a grand scale.