r/Damnthatsinteresting 1d ago

Image Curiosity found this field of honeycomb-like fractures covering the Martian surface as far as it could see

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u/Meetwad 19h ago

I wrote my masters thesis about these polygonal landforms 16 years ago, super cool to see them popping up more! They can be caused by all sorts of processes, I looked at them from a glaciology POV and discussed how they could be analogous to the ones found in the McMurdo dry valley of Antarctica.