Mystery Martian Mud?

[BeauJangles]

It's been a little while since my last post concerning the planet Mars. Here's something that popped up just a couple of hours ago. This probably won't go very far. But let's give it an attempt and see where it goes. At least the photo I downloaded was worth the effort. Personally, I find it interesting. 

19:00 GMT 18.05.2020

Sputnik International

Mysterious Lava-Like Flows on Mars Possibly Formed by Mud Volcanism, Scientists Say

 

 

 

 

A group of international researchers analyzing Mars’ composition recently found that the lava-like flows observed on the distant planet’s surface are more than likely caused by mud, not molten rock.

Published in the journal Nature Geoscience on Monday, the study offers refreshing new insight into one of the most puzzling mysteries surrounding the red planet, where tens of thousands of downstream channels have been photographed by bypassing spacecraft throughout the years.

Researchers were able to come to their conclusions through the use of the Open University’s Mars Chamber, a refrigerator-like environmental system that allows scientists to recreate Martian surface conditions by mimicking both the planet’s temperature and its atmospheric pressure.

Although officials were not able to take into account Mars’ gravity, as the chamber system could not simulate it, experiments saw participating researchers lower the chamber pressure to replicate the red planet’s thin atmosphere and bring the temperature within the system to a bone-chilling negative 20 degrees Celsius.

Once the desired environmental settings were implemented, researchers poured mud into the chamber and found that free-flowing mud underwent a rapid freezing, ultimately forming an icy crust. 

However, that’s not all they discovered. Officials also determined that in some cases, mud flows led to the creation of shapes similar to “pahoehoe” lava, which has been documented in Hawaii and Iceland. Researchers determined that the lava-like formations often occurred when liquid mud was ejected from the frozen crust and later refroze.

As such, leading study author Petr Brož concluded in a statement to participating Lancaster University that his team’s research supports the theory that sedimentary volcanism is likely the cause for the Martian flow lines.

“Mud volcanism can explain the formation of some lava-like flow morphologies on Mars,” Brož said, adding, “similar processes may apply to eruptions of mud on icy bodies in the outer Solar System, like on Ceres."

It’s worth noting that when officials replicated the experiments under Earth-like conditions, the mud flows did not react in the same manner as they did in the Martian experiment. Rather than freezing, the mud flowed freely.

Fellow study author Lionel Wilson added in a statement of his own that their work “is of interest because we see many flow-like features on Mars in spacecraft images, but they have not yet been visited by any of the roving vehicles on the surface and there is some ambiguity about whether they are flows of lava or mud."

Over the years, the US' National Aeronautics and Space Administration has deployed a total of four rovers on Mars: the Sojourner, Spirit, Opportunity and Curiosity. A fifth robotic vehicle, the Perseverance, is expected to launch sometime between July and August 2020.

Scientists explore volcano on Mars. 

[branchesofHim]

1 hour ago, BeauJangles said:

It's been a little while since my last post concerning the planet Mars. Here's something that popped up just a couple of hours ago. This probably won't go very far. But let's give it an attempt and see where it goes. At least the photo I downloaded was worth the effort. Personally, I find it interesting. 

Indeed interesting. Shalom. 

Genesis 1:[1] In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
[2] And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
[3] And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
[4] And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
[5] And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
[6] And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
[7] And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
[8] And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
[9] And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
[10] And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

[branchesofHim]

Just now, branchesofHim said:

[2] And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

The waters were on more than just the earth.

[BeauJangles]

36 minutes ago, branchesofHim said:

Indeed interesting. Shalom. 

Thanks, brother. I appreciate your taking part of this thread and the scriptures.