Scientists started to investigate the photos of the surface of Mars taken by Viking 1, the first exploration vehicle to land on Mars 46 years ago.
As a result of the research of 46 years of photographs, it was determined that there was an ocean on the Red Planet billions of years ago; they even came to a conclusion that they thought this ocean was the reason why it became what it is today.
The photo, which is almost half a century old, has always been a mystery to scientists:
For scientists, the photo sent by Viking 1, which was put on Mars, has always been confusing. Because they couldn’t understand why there were so many stones here.
Wanting to make sense of the abundance of stones, the researchers first considered the possibility of a volcanic eruption or meteor strike, but there were neither traces of lava nearby nor a crater large enough to be caused by the meteor.
The stones you see below were transported by mega tsumani waves that took place in a placid ocean that was once on Mars!
Later, based on the theory that ‘Mars had an ocean’, they thought that these stones might have been transported here as a result of a huge tsunami. By mapping around the area where the photo was taken, the researchers did indeed find a huge meteor crater 110 km from this area.
According to the researchers’ theory, 3.4 billion years ago, a 9 km diameter meteor hit the northern equatorial region of Mars, creating 13 million megatons of TNT energy, causing a mega tsunami. This is how these stones got there during this mega tsunami disaster.
The possibility of a catastrophic event on the red planet that wiped out the dinosaurs on the same Earth billions of years ago is really exciting. What are you thinking? Please do not forget to share your thoughts with us in the comments.
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