NASA Finds Trees On Mars – NASA says its Mars orbiter has captured an image of what looks remarkably like rows of trees sprouting from sand dunes on the red planet.
The effect is actually an optical illusion, caused by erupting sand debris and dust clouds.
The photo shows an area 240 miles south of Mars’ north pole where the warmer temperatures of the Martian spring are melting frozen carbon dioxide and causing landslides.
The NASA photo shows dust clouds erupting as frozen carbon dioxide melts off Martian sand dunes.
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January 14th, 2010 at 2:03 pm
Space trees? Probably infested with space chipmunks..