What is hidden in the ancient volcanoes of Mars?
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The Red planet — a truly unique place in the Solar system. Hiding in the depths of a large amount of water, this cold world for millions of years of evolution acquired a rusty-red color, which became a kind of hallmark of the planet. Another unusual feature can become a place that was only recently discovered by NASA during image analysis Pavonis shield volcano Mons. The fact that a seemingly perfectly normal, mountain, presented images from the Orbiter the Mars HiRise, is completely hollow. So what lurks under the surface of unusual Martian hills?
What's inside Martian mountains?
The Famous mountain Pavonis Mons is a product of ancient volcanic activity that has taken place under the surface of Mars millions of years ago. The picturesque surroundings of mountains, consisting of long winding pipes, faults called grabens, and, of course, the biggest volcanic crater of the planet, attracted by earthly astronomers now not only for their aesthetic qualities, but also by the presence there of a real geological miracle, claims portal . Image taken by NASA in 2011, shows a profound failure in . Analyzing the photo, the scientists came to the conclusion that they were able to observe the so-called a lava tube that was formed at the time when ancient lava flows solidified at the surface of the planet, leaving behind caves with lava tubes. Over time, the upper section of a former volcano collapse, creating a kind of hatches leading into the cavity of geological formations.
Detailed analysis discovered a skylight showed that the hole is about 35 meters in diameter. The depth of the pit consists of 28 meters and leads to the base of a lava tube, covered by a pile of rubble. Created by NASA's digital map of the area showed that the height of such piles shall be not less than 62 meters, and the depth of the lava tube should consist of about 90 meters. In any case, it is far more than has any lava tube ever found on Earth.
Mount Pavonis Mons and its surroundings
The Caves with lava tubes have long interested scientists for its incredibly useful feature that can be very useful during the initial stages of colonization . Hard cosmic radiation that constantly bombards the surface of Mars significantly decreases as dip in a natural volcanic cave. This unexpected quality can be used in the construction of the first or even search the signs of local life. Being protected from the harsh surface of Mars, the simple life may flourish in its shelter subject to the availability of there is at least a small amount of water. To confirm or refute such a bold hypothesis we will be able in the coming decades, when the first interplanetary research mission, driven by a man, landed on the rusty surface of our neighbor in the Solar system.
Perhaps Martian lava tubes similar to those on earth. If so, could they have life?
Perhaps the new expedition will also help us out and causes the appearance of a mysterious form of unusual geological formations. Due to the fact that a skylight lava tubes Pavonis Mons probably comes from the strange to the surrounding crater, the volcanic origin of the conical holes to a few tens of meters in depth in the near future may be in question.
Mountain Pavonis Mons on Mars is completely hollow
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