What's in there? Scientists fascinated after NASA orbiter photographs open crater leading into underground cavern on Mars The Daily Mail. Excerpts:
Nasa scientists are baffled as to what - or maybe even who? - created this unusual hole on the surface of Mars. The hole was discovered by chance on images of the dusty slopes of the Red Planet's Pavonis Mons volcano. It appears to be an opening to an underground cavern, partly illuminated to the right of the opening.
Holes such as this are of particular interest because their interior caves are relatively protected from the harsh surface of Mars, making them relatively good candidates to contain Martian life.
These pits are therefore prime targets for possible future spacecraft, robots, and even human interplanetary explorers. The images were taken by the HiRISE instrument aboard the robotic Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter currently circling Mars.
Nasa scientists are baffled as to what - or maybe even who? - created this unusual hole on the surface of Mars. The hole was discovered by chance on images of the dusty slopes of the Red Planet's Pavonis Mons volcano. It appears to be an opening to an underground cavern, partly illuminated to the right of the opening.
These pits are therefore prime targets for possible future spacecraft, robots, and even human interplanetary explorers. The images were taken by the HiRISE instrument aboard the robotic Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter currently circling Mars.
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