Martian Topography

Wegener’s theory of “Continental Drifting” on earth is modified for Mars to explain its current topography and finding a hidden lake (“Lake Holtz”) under the Martian North Pole.

New theories under development 2008

Abstract: Mars is a mostly dry planet, with a thin atmosphere, huge dust storms, and apparently no life. Its most dominant features are its huge volcanoes, a huge icecap on its north pole, and many channels looking like old river valleys including a huge Valley Marineris. Recent satellite surveillance missions, and Mars Rovers, have provided very detailed pictures of the planet, available on the Internet, with new surveillance satellites on their way carrying “Ground Penetrating Radar”. The Mars Rover missions also discovered pea-sized hematite modules in the Martian soil, which may indicate organic origins. What is needed is a new comprehensive theory that could explain all those features. Wegener, a German explorer, earlier in this century formulated a theory of “Continental drifting” to explain the features of the continents. This theory has now been confirmed and has dramatically changed the understanding of our planet. Can Wegener’s principles be applied to help explain the topography of Mars? The new theory tries to explain Martian features by proposing the existence of a hidden shallow lake (“Lake Holtz”) under the Martian North Pole. This high-pressure lake may contain life (hematite spheres) and periodically burst out onto the Martial surface to cause huge floods, which temporarily and dramatically change the Martial topography by creating the river valleys and temporary shallow oceans (Valley Marineris).

Applications: If “Lake Holtz” does exist, or did exist in the past, then it could be of great benefit to future Martian colonization. It may provide an unlimited supply of high-pressure carbonated water for power generation, generating oxygen, and for agriculture. It may also contain huge deposits of methane-hydrate for use as fuels.

Keywords: Martian topography, Lake Holtz, Mars.

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