Impressive 'Karesansui' on Mars discovered by NASA rover | Official website of Forbes Japan (Forbes Japan)

When it comes to Mars, there is a place where you can enjoy the science and beauty of the planet. NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) plays a prominent role in helping researchers visualize and understand Mars. Other times, he sends images to Earth that seem as if they have entered the world of poetry. Filmed from orbit,Latest pictures of Didaria PlateauThis is correct. In a “Photo of the Day” article dated July 7, the MRO operations team wrote: “This terrain looks like it was dug up with a pitchfork, like a dry Japanese landscape.”

The Daedalian Plateau arose from lava flows from Mount Arsia, a massive volcano in the Tharsis region. The MRO team describes the image as a series of curved rows of shiny rocks, a structure they describe as resembling a fingerprint. If you look closely, you can see a pattern that looks like the swirls of a fingerprint.

Close-up of the Karisansui-style terrain seen on the Daedalian Plateau on Mars. 100-meter scale bar shown at bottom left (NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona)

Such patterns cannot be seen anywhere else on Mars. “It is clear that some sort of action has resulted in sorting and separating the larger rock masses from the finer soil,” the MRO team said. “What exactly this effect is is an inexplicable mystery.”

This magnificent landform was discovered at an altitude of 5455 metres. In comparison, it is slightly lower than Mount Denali (McKinley) in Alaska, USA, which has an elevation of 6,190 metres. The Tharsis region of Mars was once the site of high volcanic activity. Surveys have been conducted using spacecraft for many years. ESA's Mars Express rover will cover a wide range of the region's unique and diverse terrain.imagewas put into it.

Japanese Zen gardens are created on the ground by creating curved patterns in sand and gravel using a rake and interacting with natural features such as rocks, trees and plants. How did these strange patterns form on Mars? The MRO team describes the theory of “particle volume convection.” When a mixture of particles of different sizes is subjected to vibration or freeze-thaw cycles, the particles can be sorted and separated by size. This phenomenon may occur in rock masses and soil on the Daedalian Plateau. “If the interior of the Tharsis region remains active and turbulent, a Daedalian Plateau earthquake may occur,” the MRO team said.