Unfortunately this is not a reef, or to be
precise is not a reef of our planet.
This is Mars , and the only thing not real here are the colors I applied.
Take a look at the same image in black
& white
Check also the complete original NASA image 0900222
This image taken at "Oxia
Palus (0 to 30 W, 0 to 30 N, second release, M07-M12) it's a beautiful
example of "Fungal Chaos." There are "Magic Tubes"
everywhere, at least one of a type I've not seen before (looks like a
Necklace of various size Shells), and, "Semi-Transparent Silicon
Jelly Lifeforms" from top to bottom. There is so much chaos, one type
rolling over the next, that it's impossible to describe.
[...] Incidentally, Mars has an atmospheric pressure, 1000th that of earth,
and, even the most violent Storm in Mars History could not achieve the
level of convoluted, swirling, rolling Marain seen in [these pictures].
There are in fact no Images I've looked at on Mars, which fit the NASA/MSSS
description of "Chaotic Terrain," of whatever type. It defies
description, yet, it's there. Occams Razor, in the absence of evidence
contrary to the visual aspect of observed features, it's Nature rampant
with Life (the simplest answer).
The strange Dunes are the exact features that caused Malin et al, to
release the images with the comment (paraphrase), "We don't know what
these are. They fit no description we can image for Dunes. They are sharp
edged, steep, ridges that run for miles, in straight, parallel Rows."
There are things much stranger than the Dunes, on Mars, but they're never
mentioned. We're simply treated to another round of "Death Valley"
images, every time something unusual surfaces. Their recent posting of
"layered Terrain" (Marain), is encouraging, but, they color the
images in a manner that (to me) is detrimental, they lose some uniqueness,
becoming a brown blur (what's the difference between shades of Grey, and,
shades of Brown, or, shades of Bronze? It's still unicolor)." Gordon
DeSpain - internet
