It may go a bit against common sense, but the large ice formations on the surface of a planet, the things we usually call glaciers, are not exactly stati.
It’s not a secret we humans are far from properly understanding neighboring planet Mars. The place that might have been a second Earth-like planet in the solar system is long dead, but filled with mysteries that have fueled the imagination of dreamers for centuries.
That Mars is a fascinating, yet extremely strange place is a no-brainer. And the planet that has captivated humankind since times immemorial, now under the scrutiny of several surveillance and exploration machines our species sent there these past few decades, keeps proving it time and time again.
The human brain’s tendency of creating familiar visual patterns where there are none is an amazing thing, one that has made possible the creation of countless works of art down the ages. The tendency is so important that they even have a name for it – pareidolia.
There are two kinds of hardware presently involved in keeping a close eye on Mars: we have the rovers on the surface (three still active, two American and on Chinese), and the orbiters that spin around the planet (8 still active out of a total of 18 send there). And they all return incredible vistas of a strange place we humans might one day call home.