Hi all, here's an image of Mars that Patrick sent out in his News. I just wanted to make sure nobody overlooked this one -- it's really strange! I'd like to hear your thoughts about what could have caused these formations. Go to the site and click on the small image to get a larger one. Maybe it's the bottoms of craters, where the land was compressed by great forces, then exposed when erosion wore away the overburden; or maybe it's evidence of the Martian version of plate tectonics; or maybe it's scrapings left by ice flows; or maybe it's some kind of evaporate; or maybe it's ... boy, I just don't know! Folks, take a look and throw out some ideas. Best wishes, Joe http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2003/10/06/index.html Joe Bauman science & military reporter Deseret News bau@desnews.com (801) 237-2169