# @nasa on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BuuMuzOnHF5
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11734684-nasa-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2019-03-07T21:16:41.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

You’re looking at one of the unsolved mysteries of Mars: the “brain terrain.” 🧠 
The surface texture of interconnected ridges and troughs found in the mid-latitude regions of Mars may be directly related to the water ice that lies beneath the surface. 
One hypothesis is that when the buried water ice changes from a solid to a gas, it forms troughs in the ice. 
This image was taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE), an instrument onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. 
Image Credit:  NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona

#Mars #NASA #SolarSystem #PlanetaryScience #Space #WaterIce #BrainTerrain #Martian #Satellite #Astrophysics #HiRISE #Texture #Science #UnsolvedMysteries

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solarsystem, martian, planetaryscience, brainterrain, satellite, science, nasa, waterice, space, mars, astrophysics, unsolvedmysteries, texture, hirise

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