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M02-02912
Damaged "machinery" in the upper
left portion of the frame is augmented by more parallel "plumbing" in Melas
Chasma. Note the sharp relief of the cliff walls and debris left over form the
collapse/upsurge of the plates. Almost total lack of erosion of these features
indicates an extremely young age for these features -- probably 3 million years
or less. Note rippling "shockwave" in lower plate, indicating the
stress induced by the shear upward (or downward) rifting of the plates. Tubes
appear to be exposed by flow process -- probably water -- on lower plate.

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