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Feast Your Mind on This: Strange “Brain Terrain” on Mars
Thursday, September 19, 2013 15:42
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HiRISE image of lobate landforms called “brain terrain” that wrap around a small hill on Mars
It doesn’t take much thought to understand why this landscape on Mars is called “brain terrain” — the swirling lobes of ice, part of a large glacial deposit in Mars’ northern hemisphere, uncannily resemble the texture of a brain — or at the very least a brain coral!
What causes this strange landscape? Find out below:
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Post tags: brain terrain, HiRISE, Mars, MRO, orbiter, planet, Solar System, surface
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