14:23, 20/07/2008
Trip to Mars (2): Salt pools
'Salt Pools'. photo by Miss K
Inhospitably salty pools are left by the retreating Equatorial Ocean. Mars' extinct bodies of water were replenished by terraforming in the previous century, but following the abandonment of the colony, the planet's natural aridity is slowly returning.
'detail of Salt Pool'. photo by Miss K
The liminal areas of the pools are often shaped by erosion into beautifully sculptural forms.
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