Why do they let people with no bloody idea about Geology whatsoever write newspaper articles about other planets? http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/201...river-curiosity_n_2423015.html?ncid=webmail10 They just can't see what has happened there and ought to be taken to the door of the office they "work" from and tied to the nearest lampost, smeared with honey and....... arrrggghhh
Ziggy you'll have to explain the Huffington error for us thickos ? On a lighter note read a BBC article , which I cant find , that there are 6 billion earth sized planets in the visible universe. Also tonight Stargazing Live starts on BBC . From Jodrell Bank Cheshire . The weather it looks like it will be Big banks of ugly grey cloud Gazing I have got Google Sky app on my mobile and Tab , an amazing app for sky watching I was hoping for a few tips on using it . http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/tv/stargazinglive/sgl_starguide_with_links2013.pdf
I've calmed down a bit now I'd agree Kleftiwallah, some sort of anhydrite by the sheen on it. It wasn't the flower bit that got me going (did you notice they'd quoted someone from "Above Top Secret" a conspiracy website, check your sources Huffington) It was the main picture, re reading it, Nasa don't seem to know what they are looking at either In the background is what looks like the eroded ash cone of a volcano, the plateau looks like a, well, lava plateau. Where its been eroded in the foreground, the "thin and long line of curving rock, like a small ridge" looks to me to be another common feature found around a volcano, a dyke or sill. Magma finds it way up thru fault lines, often at about 45 degree angles to the main vent due to the way stress faults form. http://revisionworld.co.uk/gcse-revision/geography/rocks/igneous-rocks Come on Nasa & Huffington, this is only GCSE level stuff, i'd expect at least an a level student to write reports on exogeology.
