HiRISE: On the evolution of spiders

tumblr_nna8tdDuVa1rlz4gso1_1280On the evolution of spiders. “Spider” is the informal name we give to these features, which are caused by sublimation, when a solid transforms directly into a gas. Here, it’s carbon dioxide gas that sublimates and creates these patterns.

Beautiful Mars series.

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