hole near south pole of Mars

[prismsplay]

NASA's astronomers perplexed over mysterious deep hole on Mars -- Sott.net

 

[Bleipriester]

Nazi underground base.

German flying saucer flying over Mars surface:
a veiw of mars from Haunebu 3 disk Video by kane kane on Myspace

 

[JakeStarkey]

John Carter, we will save you yet!!

 

[prismsplay]

Here is a close-up of the hole:

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

On Earth we call them sinkholes.

 

[SixFoot]

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[frigidweirdo]

NASA's astronomers perplexed over mysterious deep hole on Mars -- Sott.net

Lots of things we don't know about Humans and the Earth, so when we're dealing with Mars or places outside of our planet, we're kind of ignorant.

 

[prismsplay]

The article stressed that astronomers were perplexed. If a sinkhole explanation were obvious, then they would not be perplexed. Perhaps they do not associate a precise circular shape with sinkholes. Don't most sinkholes have jagged edges?

The apparent thickness of the apparent rock surrounding the hole argues against it being a sinkhole, unless that apparent rock is weak in chemical bonding. But then, if it is weak in chemical bonding, any precise circular shape would be accidental. If the apparent rock is strong in chemical bonding, then that precise circular shape would be purposeful, and if purposeful, would require there being minds behind that purpose.

 

[Old Rocks]

A methane blowout hole in Siberia.

The Mars hole.

 

[Moonglow]

NASA's astronomers perplexed over mysterious deep hole on Mars -- Sott.net

Gotta take a dump somewhere...

 

[prismsplay]

A methane blowout hole in Siberia.

The Mars hole.

Although it is true that methane blowout holes in Siberia have some similarities to the south pole hole on Mars, differences are noticed. The Mars hole looks almost perfectly round, whereas blowout holes in Siberia are only jaggedly round. Also, what is blown upwards falls back to the earth leaving mounds of material around the blowout holes:

http://siberiantimes.com/PICTURES/SCIENCE/Yamal-crater-July-2014/inside best aerial view.jpg

http://siberiantimes.com/PICTURES/SCIENCE/Yamal-craters-July-2015/inside B1 GV July 2015.jpg

The Mars hole is lacking piled up material around it. Also notice the colored stains in the hole and away from it in a direction rather than in all directions. With Mars having a 96% CO2 atmosphere, I am not sure how a methane explosion could occur without the strong presence of oxygen as on Earth. The white areas around the Mars hole are frozen CO2, known on Earth as dry ice. The Mars hole is hundreds of feet across. These Siberian holes are much smaller.

 

[Old Rocks]

The methane explosions do not involve chemical burning, but is an explosion simply from the buildup of gas pressure. And, to my eyes, there is a mound surrounding the Mars hole. Weathered, but still a mound.

 

[SixFoot]

The methane explosions do not involve chemical burning, but is an explosion simply from the buildup of gas pressure. And, to my eyes, there is a mound surrounding the Mars hole. Weathered, but still a mound.

It's a mound.

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[Muhammed]

I think moonglow is right. It's Mars' butthole.

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

The article stressed that astronomers were perplexed. If a sinkhole explanation were obvious, then they would not be perplexed. Perhaps they do not associate a precise circular shape with sinkholes. Don't most sinkholes have jagged edges?

The apparent thickness of the apparent rock surrounding the hole argues against it being a sinkhole, unless that apparent rock is weak in chemical bonding. But then, if it is weak in chemical bonding, any precise circular shape would be accidental. If the apparent rock is strong in chemical bonding, then that precise circular shape would be purposeful, and if purposeful, would require there being minds behind that purpose.

Astronomers will say they are perplexed, but you can bet they have theories. The camera taking the picture is in space a couple hundred miles away anything shot from that distance will appear smoother than it really is.

 

[prismsplay]

After reading some of the Siberian Times articles about the methane blast holes, I noticed some confusion over how they were caused. There are suggestions that they may have been caused by lightning striking where methane and air were mixed, rather than by some extreme buildup of pressure that blasted tons of rock upwards without chemical explosion. Lightning is common and methane is flammable.

Although methane has been discovered on Mars, and lightning strikes have been observed on Mars, the 96% carbon dioxide atmosphere makes it unlikely that lightning strikes could have caused the hole near the south pole of Mars.

The article linked to at the start of this thread makes it clear that this Mars hole is much bigger than the Siberian holes. The pressure required to blast so great a tonnage of material upwards is probably impossible to attain.