相当有趣的是，这个脑状火星地貌的大小约有一公里，大小很适合放在暱称为火星之脸的岩石堆里。
Humorously, this brain-terrain on Mars spans about a kilometer, making it just about the right size to fit inside the rock formation once dubbed the Face on Mars.
在地球上首次出现的明亮而不是深色的尘暴痕迹可能有助于破译这些来自火星的有趣地貌。
The first-ever sighting of bright, instead of dark, dust-devil tracks on Earth could help decipher how these funny features form on Mars.
这是火星塔尔西斯盾状火山构造地区被风侵蚀的地貌，照片由美国宇航局的高分辨率科学成像实验相机摄于2010年7月31日。
Windblown features are visible on this shield volcano structure in Mars' Tharsis Region seen by NASA's HiRISE camera on July 31st, 2010. (NASA/JPL/University of Arizona)
据英国《每日邮报》报道，美国宇航局近日公布了一张火星冬季的照片，展现了火星表面无数令人惊叹的地貌特征和结构，其中包括二氧化碳或者水形成的霜。
NASA recently released a stunning image showing the surface of Mars in extraordinary detail, including a myriad of shapes and textures seen as carbon dioxide or water frost, the Daily Mail reported.
同时位在表面的无人探测车精神号和机会号，继续检视火星的地貌、岩石和土壤，寻找火星古水世界存在的线索。
Meanwhile, down on the surface, robots Spirit and Opportunity continue to roll, inspecting landscape, rocks, and soil for clues to the ancient watery past of the red planet.
这项发现也暗示了形成火星上大范围地貌的硫酸盐矿物质也曾支撑着生命体的存在。
The findings also suggests briny sulfuric minerals helped form the topography of Mars over a wide swath of land that might once have supported life.
所以火星的千层榚地貌，很可能是古湖或古海沈积物所形成的沈积岩。
Likewise, the layered beds on Mars may be sedimentary rock formed in ancient lakes and seas.
所以火星的千层榚地貌，很可能是古湖或古海沈积物所形成的沈积岩。
Likewise, the layered beds on Mars may be sedimentary rock formed in ancient lakes and seas.
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