Match the feature on Mars with the best terrestrial analogy. Be sure to think broadly. The analogy can be geological, chemical, or conceptual.
Cross-bedded sandstones in the crater in which Opportunity landed.
1. Escalante Canyon, Utah.
2. Channeled scablands in northwestern United States.
3. The caldera at Kilauea, Hawaii.
4. The Rio Tinto, Spain,
5. Ancient cemented dunes in Zion National Park, Utah.
6. Intermittent flooding zones in the Andes.
7. Sea floor spreading zone (maybe?).
8. Plankton in ocean sediments.
9. The arid western United States.
10. Dendritic channels everywhere.
11. No good terrestrial analogy.
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The arid western United States.
Intermittent flooding zones in the Andes.
The arid western United States.
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