What appears to be the face of an elephant has been captured on Mars by a satellite camera.
The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter beamed back the photograph of the 'Elephant Face' formed by lava flow on the surface of the red planet.
'Flood lavas cover extensive areas, and were once thought to be emplaced extremely rapidly, like a flood of water,' University of Arizona planetary geologist Alfred McEwen, the principal investigator for the orbiter's HiRISE camera said.
'Most lava floods on Earth are emplaced over years to decades, and this is probably true for much of the lava on Mars as well.'
He added: 'An elephant can walk away from the slowly advancing flow front. However, there is also evidence for much more rapidly flowing lava on Mars, a true flood of lava. In this instance, maybe this elephant couldn't run away fast enough.'
The image covers the margin of a lava flow in Elysium Planitia, the youngest flood-lava province on Mars.
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Question: Does it look like an elephant face to you?
The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter beamed back the photograph of the 'Elephant Face' formed by lava flow on the surface of the red planet.
'Flood lavas cover extensive areas, and were once thought to be emplaced extremely rapidly, like a flood of water,' University of Arizona planetary geologist Alfred McEwen, the principal investigator for the orbiter's HiRISE camera said.
'Most lava floods on Earth are emplaced over years to decades, and this is probably true for much of the lava on Mars as well.'
He added: 'An elephant can walk away from the slowly advancing flow front. However, there is also evidence for much more rapidly flowing lava on Mars, a true flood of lava. In this instance, maybe this elephant couldn't run away fast enough.'
The image covers the margin of a lava flow in Elysium Planitia, the youngest flood-lava province on Mars.
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-exactly-like-animals-head.html#ixzz1rYvhH9Hs
Question: Does it look like an elephant face to you?
