Mining On Mars?

~ Ancient Mining On Mars ? ~ Photos From ESA, NASA/JPL Strip Mining - Or Garden Terraces?
	The European Space Agency Mars Express obtained this image on March 26, 2004 during orbit 243 with a ground resolution of 23.4 metres. Note the green vegetation on the lower left of image. A much larger photo can be seen at: href="http://esamultimedia.esa.int/images/marsexpress/054co01Juventae Chasma_H.jpg" E SA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum)
The strip-mining photos of Mars resemble the Barrick Goldstrike Mine in Nevada, North America.
	These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, show the depression of Juventae Chasma and the mine with an apparent sign, cut into the plains of Lunae Planum on Mars. 'The depression of Juventae Chasma, is located north of Valles Marineris.
Terraces at the North Pole? Note similarities to the 'Juventae Chasma mine' above. But being at the Martian north pole, the 'strip mine' tier levels, or ancient 'terraces' appear to have erroded away considerably, possibly from annual spring melting of the ice buildup.
	Mars Sulphate Deposits with 'Writing': Note greenish valley area behind open-pit mine in region of Lunae Planum area, at approximately 5o South, and 297 o East. This is close-up view of the mountain in 'Juventae Chasma', thought to be composed of sulphates that are used on Earth in beauty and health aids. <- Writing symbols at bottom right
Notice the green vegetation in the valley. To the northeast, there is a mountain composed of bright, layered material. The OMEGA spectrometer on board Mars Express discovered sulphate on the surface of Mars and confirmed that this mountain is indeed composed of sulphate deposits.
	Note mining area is marked by a huge sign at upper left probably showing identification. http://esamultimedia.esa.int/images/marsexpress/0563D101JuventaeChasma_H.jpg The Mars Express shows the sulphate mine with a sign or alphabetic or numeral symbols at each end. The one on the top right is reversed and shown below?
Ancient Martian 'Reservoir?' Right -> A 'Strip Mine?' Or Just a 'Formation?' This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows light-toned, layered rock outcrops found in eastern Candor Chasma, part of the vast Valles Marineris trough system. Rocks such as these have been known to occur in the Valles Mariner is since the 1971-1972 Mariner 9 mission. Whether they formed in rock that was exposed by the opening (by faulting) of the Candor Chasma trough, or formed in the trough after it was formed, is a matter of on-going debate and discussion within the Mars science community. Location near: 6.3°S, 69.3°W - Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi) - Illumination from: lower left - Season: Southern Spring - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
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~ Ancient Mining On Mars ? ~

Strip Mining - Or Garden Terraces?

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