{"id":60683,"date":"2024-07-12T17:40:22","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T17:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/martian-megaripples-huge-moving-sand-waves-spotted-on-red-planet-scientists-say"},"modified":"2024-07-12T17:48:23","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T17:48:23","slug":"martian-megaripples-huge-moving-sand-waves-spotted-on-red-planet-scientists-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/martian-megaripples-huge-moving-sand-waves-spotted-on-red-planet-scientists-say","title":{"rendered":"Martian Megaripples: Huge Moving Sand Waves Spotted on Red Planet, Scientists Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Liberia. <\/strong><\/span>The new study reportedly suggests that the megaripples observed at two sites on Mars are moving at an average speed of only about 12 centimeters per year.<\/p>\n<p>While NASA&#8217;s Perseverance craft now makes its way towards Mars to hopefully further expand humanity&#8217;s knowledge of the planet, scientists on Earth study a peculiar phenomenon that involves &#8220;moving structures&#8221; on the Martian surface, Science Alert reports.<\/p>\n<p>According to the media outlet, a team of researchers led by Simone Silvestro, a planetary scientist from the INAF Capodimonte Astronomical Observatory in Italy, has managed to establish that the huge megaripples spotted on Mars are not static, but a &#8220;flowing phenomenon after all&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Having compared the images taken by NASA&#8217;s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter&#8217;s HiRISE camera between 2007 and 2016, the scientists have determined that megaripples at Nili Fossae and McLaughlin crater shifted at a speed of about 12 centimeters per year on average, with the top recorded speed being 19 centimeters a year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We had the opportunity to see these megaripples moving because now we have more than 10 years of observations,&#8221; Silvestro remarked.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers also suggested that the proximity of larger sand dunes at both of the aforementioned Martian sites might help the wind shift the megaripples, &#8220;with the finer-grained dunes providing a high volume of sand flux that may help displace the coarse grains sitting atop the megaripple crests&#8221;, as the media outlet puts it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Liberia Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Liberia. 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