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From: Leanne Martin <leanne_martin@hotmail.com> Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 18:18:56 PDT Fwd Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 16:57:22 -0400 Subject: Re: The 2nd Face On Mars >Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 14:03:55 -0700 >From: Larry Hatch <larryhat@jps.net> >To: UFO UpDates - Toronto <updates@globalserve.net> >Subject: Re: The 2nd Face On Mars >>From: Mark Cashman <mcashman@ix.netcom.com> >>Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 10:22:59 -0400 >>To: UFO UpDates - Toronto <updates@globalserve.net> >>Subject: UFO UpDate: Re: The 2nd Face On Mars <snip> >>As I have pointed out many times, including in my article in UFO >>Magazine on "The Face" Martian geology is somewhat unusual, and >>one cannot judge the "probability" or the "artificiality" of >>features on the basis of intuition or even superficial knowledge >>of terrestrial geology. The extensive presence of permafrost, >>the absence of vegetation, the unusual volcanism, the differing >>level of gravity, the ages within which wind has been able to >>work on the terrain - all create highly unusual features by >>terrestrial standards. >Dear Mark and Nathan. >As a child, I walked past the same large mud puddle on the way >to school daily. >As it dried, the surface broke into nearly perfect hexagons and >pentagons, with deep cracks separating the "tiles" of silt! >It looked so "artificial", that I had to stop and wonder about >it. >I'm sure there are numerous other examples of nature imitating >artifice. >Best wishes >- Larry Hatch Hi all, Here in Australia's state of Tasmania there are the 'Tessilated Steps' that you would swear must have been intelligently laid. They are, however, a good example of one strata very neatly and squarly intruded by a volcanic upwelling. Erosion has now left behind thousands of square metres of wonderful paving right on the beach. Regards, Leanne ];-)
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