The Martian Anomalies: A Photographic Search for Intelligent Life on Mars

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Mottl, M. J. & Holland, H. D. Chemical exchange during hydrothermal alteration of basalt by seawater-I. Experimental results for major and minor components of seawater. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta https://doi.org/10.1016/0016-7037(78)90107-2 (1978). Viviano, C. E., Moersch, J. E. & McSween, H. Y. Implications for early hydrothermal environments on Mars through the spectral evidence for carbonation and chloritization reactions in the Nili Fossae region. J. Geophys. Res. Planets 118, 1858–1872 (2013). Parmentier, E. M. & Zuber, M. T. Early evolution of Mars with mantle compositional stratification or hydrothermal crustal cooling. J. Geophys. Res. E Planets https://doi.org/10.1029/2005JE002626 (2007). make the sky red! So what is the point. Mars sky has some blue to it because there is water vapor and CO2 in the atmosphere. We know that duh. But for the most part, it has a color of butterscotch towards the red.

How can one explain the difference between the Zhurong measurements and orbital predictions at ground level? Satellite measurements resolve length scales that are 100 times more than the Zhurong’s traverse. Either Zhurong landed in an area of exceptionally low magnetization, or the orbital predictions represent the limit of accuracy of the downwards continued magnetic field. If the former, the low-magnetization region could be the ghost crater demagnetized by impact. If the latter, the 50–100 nT prediction could be the result of amplification of errors by the downwards continuation process, which is particularly large for the harmonics of highest degree. The problem of assessing the detailed interpretation of orbital fields at ground level for Utopia and other basins will form a separate future study. Good one – OK – when I asked geologists about this image, they wouldn’t really comment (included in longer presentation). I suggest you access the 2 different versions of this image on USGS and MSSS (look at the linked article to find links). The ribbing would be? The tubular section would be? You have explained none of the intricate features of this image. Hess, S. L., Henry, R. M., Leovy, C. B., Ryan, J. A. & Tillman, J. E. Meteorological results from the surface of Mars: Viking 1 and 2. J. Geophys. Res. 82, 4559–4574 (1977). Craft, H. D. Jr Radio Observations of the Pulse Profiles and Dispersion Measures of Twelve Pulsars. PhD thesis, Cornell Univ. (1970).

A crater full of ice

Crater within a crater. Hundreds of them on Mars/Moon/Mercury. What you are seeing is “NOT” a dome but sand dunes, again wind blown, on the bottom of the second crater. Same as slide 14 Quesnel, Y. et al. Serpentinization of the martian crust during Noachian. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2008.10.012 (2009).

Mittelholz, A. et al. The origin of observed magnetic variability for a sol on Mars from InSight. J. Geophys. Res. Planet. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JE006505 (2020). Photoshop filtering processes often blend, color-correct or contrast-heighten images in ways that turn single dead pixels into larger, more prominent shapes. In other words, "using a few filters" is exactly what the YouTube user should not have done in trying to clarify the contents of the Curiosity photo.Steele, S. C. et al. Magnetic properties of Martian basins cooled in a reversing dynamo. In Proc. 54rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (Lunar and Planetary Institute and NASA, 2023). Hydrothermal systems are prime targets for astrobiological exploration as they contain redox gradients, energy sources, and aqueous solutions rich in elements essential for life, providing suitable conditions for sustained prebiotic syntheses 1. On Earth, water circulation via hydrothermalism also causes significant cooling of the oceanic and continental lithosphere and plays a crucial role in regional metamorphism and ore formation 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. Furthermore, the precipitation of magnetic minerals in hydrothermal environments can greatly influence crustal magnetism 10, 11. Hydrothermal systems may have played an equally important role in Mars’ biological and geological history. Withers, P. & Smith, M. D. Atmospheric entry profiles from the Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity. Icarus 185, 133–142 (2006). Citron, R. I., Manga, M. & Hemingway, D. J. Timing of oceans on Mars from shoreline deformation. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/nature26144 (2018). Joy, S. & Rowe, K. InSight IFG data calibration description (2019); https://pds.nasa.gov/ds-view/pds/viewDocument.jsp?identifier=urn%3Anasa%3Apds%3Ainsight-ifg-mars%3Adocument%3Ainsight-ifg-data-calibration-description