Mid-April.
A paper signed by the Mars landing office was published in the latest issue of the journal "Future".
Mysterious geological structures were discovered on Mars!
The earthquake cracks mysteriously disappeared overnight!
Once this paper was published, it immediately attracted wide attention from the international community.
For a long time, people's understanding of Mars was that it was a dead desert planet without a complete ecosystem or intense geological activity. There was only raging red sand and the rugged landscape formed by the erosion of the ancient geological period for billions of years by sandstorms.
However, this discovery undoubtedly subverted people's inherent impression of this planet.
Not only was there suspected of relatively new geological activity on Mars, but there might even be special geological phenomena that were not present on Earth!
At least on Earth, no one had ever heard of an earthquake crack that could be repaired overnight as if nothing had happened.
On a well-known international astronomy forum.
As soon as the paper was published, someone translated it into English and reposted it here. It quickly aroused a large number of discussions.
“WTF？ The geological structure of Mars is still active? Doesn't that mean that it is actually possible to repair the Martian magnetic field and transform the Martian atmosphere? "
"Yes, it's possible, but the possibility is infinitely close to zero. In fact, I'm more curious about how the crack disappeared. Although the picture looks strange, it doesn't look photoshopped. "
"Could it be the work of aliens?"
"Haha, I don't rule out this possibility! Maybe the crack is actually a passage to the Martian civilization? "
"You're a bit crazy …"
"I thought of a video I saw somewhere before. A Martian holding a painting and walking in front of Curiosity … Maybe what we know about Mars is what the people living there want us to see."
"I think it's more likely to be photoshopped than the unreliable view of Martians."
Similar discussions could be seen on Facebook and Twitter, but the intensity of the discussions was not as intense.
Combined with the groundless reports about extraterrestrial civilizations that flooded the media in the early years, many people speculated that the earthquake crack was actually left by aliens.
Although this speculation did not make sense, it was surprisingly popular.
Due to the widespread public interest in this matter, BBC reporters quickly found NASA's High Resolution Imaging Science Laboratory.
As another "Mars authority" in addition to the China Mars landing office, although their conditions were still a bit inferior to the former, their strength in theoretical research should not be underestimated.
"We are now interviewing Professor Comidon, who graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology University in planetary geology and is currently working at NASA's High-Resolution Imaging Science Laboratory..."
The young reporter pointed the camera at Professor Kermiton, who was sitting in a chair, and spoke politely.
"Hello, Professor Kermiton. As an expert in the field of planetary geology, what do you think it means if this seismic structure exists?"
Faced with the BBC reporter's question, Professor Kermiten pondered for a bit and spoke.
"This is a very interesting question."
"In fact, around April 2019, our 'InSight' probe once observed a weak seismic signal on Mars, but the signal was so weak that not only could we not understand the internal structure of Mars through it, but we couldn't even determine whether this signal was reliable.
"If the special geological structure discovered by the China Mars landing office is really formed in the last hundreds of thousands of years, then it will undoubtedly be an unprecedented discovery. It will even refresh our understanding of Mars."
The young reporter keenly captured the key information revealed by Professor Kermiton's words. He immediately asked, "You mean, this discovery is very important?"
"There is no doubt about it."
Reporter: "But there's another point of view … Could those pictures be fake?"
"I can't rule out this possibility, but the possibility is very, very small. In fact, I once suspected it, but I quickly dismissed the idea. After all … Since they are already on Mars, they shouldn't be so bored as to joke about this kind of issue. "Professor Kermiton pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose. He paused for a moment and continued," In my opinion, compared to the appearance of the seismic structure, what is more interesting is why it suddenly disappeared.
"It doesn't matter if it's really the work of Martians living underground, or if it's caused by some special bacteria that can repair geological structures …"
"I think that if we can figure out the cause, the significance will be far more important than figuring out how the seismic crack was formed!"
After the interview.
The edited interview video was released by BBC in the form of a documentary, and it was quickly uploaded to video websites such as YouTube, triggering widespread discussion among netizens.
In fact, Professor Kermiton's view was the mainstream view of academia.
Which was, the seismic crack should be real and formed by geological movements on Mars. Judging from the situation on the photos, it should not have been formed for a long time.
However, what everyone could not understand was how such a long crack could disappear in a single night.
As expected, the academic community was divided into two factions regarding the cause of this phenomenon.
One of them was relatively conservative, believing that it might be the huge temperature difference between day and night on Mars that caused thermal expansion and cold contraction, causing the pore rock layer at the fracture site to fracture, thus causing the cracked surface to repair inward.
Coupled with the filling effect of sand and wind, it filled in the tiny cracks exposed on the surface, making the special fracture structure look like it disappeared overnight.
As for the other faction's view, it was biological. They believed that some kind of iron-eating bacteria living on hematite eroded the hematite vein at the bottom of the fracture structure.
Coupled with the drilling and sampling of the water source by the nearby China Mars Scientific Research Station, this triggered the structural collapse of the area, which led to the disappearance of the fracture structure.
However, no matter which side's point of view, there was a lack of effective theoretical basis, and no one could convince the other.
In addition to these logical and self-justifying speculations, there were also some completely illogical speculations.
For example, regarding Martians.
A small number of people believed that simple geological movements could no longer explain this "mysterious" phenomenon. It could only be attributed to man-made factors.
This was probably the masterpiece of Martians!
Scholars who held this view even made further promotion based on this view.
For example, after losing the protection of the atmosphere, Martians moved from the surface to the underground. The crack was actually not formed by an earthquake at all. It was actually an entrance and exit for Martians to the surface.
In short, there were all kinds of opinions.
In the face of this inconceivable phenomenon, everything seemed to become complicated and confusing.
And at this moment, something that no one could have imagined suddenly happened …
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