Martian Terrain and Fossils

Micro and macro images highlighting unique patterns on Mars' surface and fossilized plant details, depicting ancient geological processes.

Mines in Mazarron, Murcia ,spain, red lakes with minerals

It's spring in the Northern Hemisphere of Mars (when this image was taken), and this area was recently completely covered by the seasonal frost cap. Here, we see polygonal patterns that are highlighted by carbon dioxide frost that has not entirely sublimed away. These organized patterns are likely caused by differences in the soil (regolith) characteristics such as grain size, density, even grain-shape and orientation in the underlying landforms and geologic materials. Variations in these characteristics strongly influence the strength of the ice-rich permafrost. This gives a preferred orientation to the stress field that produces the polygonal patterns. In this case, there appears to have been a meander in a fluvial channel in which sediments that differ from the native soil were deposited. The physical properties of these sediments probably change near the channel banks where flow rate drops off. Additionally, a high ice content might have resulted from a sediment-rich slurry flow th

Fossil coal Fern (Pecopteris miltoni). Plant fossil of the North Mining Basin, Pas-de-Calais. Carboniferous. Museum of Natural History and Geology of Lille, Nord, France

Skin of African Forest Elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis)

Sea Fan (Echinogorgia sp), Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt, Germany

Feather detail showing interlocking fibers

Structure of a golden foil

Mineral bearing mud at Mineral Creek, Dempster Highway, Yukon Territory, Canada, North America

tadpoles in water of dirty pool frog tadpoles in water of dirty pool Copyright: xZoonar.com/ValeryxVoennyyx 7498954

Mines in Mazarron, Murcia ,spain, red lakes with minerals

Scanning Electron Micrograph (SEM): Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a resin cast of blood vessels in the intestines. Date:

Europe, Italy, Sicily, Mount Etna, Stream of lava coming from the crater located at 2100m elevation.

A blade of grass with a serrated edge (Paspalum sp), coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Plants evolve specialized physical and chemical char...

Long Exposure of 1000's of Insects Flight Patterns

Fake microorganisms. microbiology. Bacteria, cells, viruses, germs, microorganisms.

Skin of domestic Asian Elephant depigmenting Sri Lanka

Subtle variations in color look like brush strokes as the lightly frosted terrain reflects light on Mars as seen by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

Rhode flagellate protozoa under a microscope (Allium Scale Euglena W.M.), 100x

Magnified view of surface of a piece of fossilized mammoth ivory

Scanning electron micrograph of a cell (green) infected with a variant strain of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (orange),

Scales of saltwater crocodile

Abstract watercolor pattern resembling interconnected neurons

Intestinal microvilli, TEM

Granodiorite with aplite dyke California, USA Date:

Formosan Subterranean Termites (Coptotermes formosanus), pale head: worker, dark head: soldier, LA

Close-up of a circuit board

stirring of water

The Iveragh Peninsula, one of the four peninsulas in southwestern Ireland, is shown in this spaceborne radar image. The lakes of Killarney National Park are the green patches on the left side of the image.

Star Sea Squirt (Botryllus Schlosseri), Scotland, Uk

You are staring at one of the unsolved mysteries on Mars. This surface texture of interconnected ridges and troughs, referred to as brain terrain is found throughout the mid-latitude regions of Mars. (This image is in Protonilus Mensae.) This bizarrely textured terrain may be directly related to the water-ice that lies beneath the surface. One hypothesis is that when the buried water-ice sublimates (changes from a solid to a gas), it forms the troughs in the ice. The formation of these features might be an active process that is slowly occurring since HiRISE has yet to detect significant changes in these terrains.

Wild mustard flower petal surface (Brassica kaber), coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Individual cells show an elaborate surface texture. W...

Fragment of potato tuber seen under a microscope with polarized light.

Human hair shafts from the head, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). The outer layer of hair (the cuticle) has overlapping scales of keratin....

Hippuric acid, Crossed Polars, x80

Mosquito (Aedes sp) SEM close-up of the hairy veins of a wing at 280x magnification

Aerospace honeycomb composite

Ratten liver Ratten liver tissue cut under the microscope 100x copyright: xzoonar.com/DR.XNORBERBERTXLANGEX 13772887

Many small cylindrical pieces of light pink and white marshmallow, confectionery. computer processing, inversion Many small cylindrical pieces of light pink and white marshmallow, confectionery. computer processing, inversion. Copyright: xZoonar.com/OvchinnikovaxOlgax 11566223

Agaricus section under the microscope.

Feather star fish crinoides

Sarcoidosis. Granuloma and giant cell Ganglion benign disease Light microscopy

shooting of small and micro plastic pieces in water environment. Microparticles of plastic in aquatic environment. Macro shooting of small and micro plastic pieces in water environment. Problems of environmental pollution with plastic waste Copyright: xZoonar.com/MaximilianxBuzunx 14414007

Incense (from Latin incendere 'to burn') is composed of aromatic biotic materials, which release fragrant smoke when burned. The term incense refers to the substance itself, rather than to the odour that it produces. It is used in religious ceremonies, ritual purification, aromatherapy, meditation, and for creating a spiritual atmosphere.

Colonies of Ascidian (Bortulloides violaceus) Japan sea, Far East, Primorsky Krai, Russian Federation

Microscopic Detail of Spiderwort Flower Petal

Scanning electromicrograph styled close up of human hair.

stirring of water Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox

Colony of newborn spiders. A bundle of Araneus diadematus spiderlings

Wheat grain cross -section cross -section with starch grains 50x copyright: xzoonar.com/DR.XNORBERBERTXLANGEX 13782964

Wasp-nest, Malta

Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of Surface recording grooves of a 78 rpm phonograph record. Early disc phonograph records (also called gra...

Purple sea urchin eggs

Plasmodium falciparum malaria: cerebral malaria

Sahara dust on a solar module, solar panel, a balcony system on a green roof, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a portion of the North Polar layered deposits with lines of very small pits, only about 1 meter in diameter.

Texture of brain tissue, Organic surface and Blood vessels, animation 3D rendering

Colonial ascidian (Botrylloides violaceus), Japan Sea, Primorsky Krai, Russian Federation, Far East

Frog funny Frosch ax Tissue under the microscope 100x copyright: xzoonar.com/DR.XNORBERBERTXLANGEX 13656577

Candor Chasma from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

Red Palm Weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) antenna showing sensilla, seen under SEM, 1822x magnification

Close up of virus, medical health

Plankton - x 30 Phytoplankton: Various species of diatom eps. Biddilphia sinensis.

Closeup view of crystalline structures under high magnification

Plankton-Phytopl'ton Phytoplankton x 30, various diatoms, dino-flagellate etc, English Channel

Surface Details of Unidentified Insect's Wing

A861321 U12G GTSF CHU (Project Engineer) NOV 17 86 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 11/17/1986 CHU, T. Y.; CHU, TZE YAO "T.Y"; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; GTSF; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; ROCKS; ROCKS & MINERALS (MISC); ROCKS (MISCELLANEOUS); TEST SITES; TUNNELS; U12G; UGT; UNDERGROUND; UNDERGROUND TESTING; WEAPONS EFFECTS; WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

High angle close up of young plants in seed trays.

Pencil tip under the microscope. Closeup macro photography.

Red diesel bubbles

Testicles guinea pig testicular cross -section under the microscope 100x copyright: xzoonar.com/DR.XNORBERBERTXLANGEX 13702085

100 times Magnification of Ammonia crystals

This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) shows the permanent polar cap of Mars, encircled by sand dunes and looking like pulled threads, these dunes march across a fabric of patterned ground. At this time of the Martian year the dunes are free of the seasonal dry ice that forms a temporary cover every winter.

paleontology: invertebrate fossils not museum paleontology macro backgrounds in a place of an exit of ancient stones Copyright: xZoonar.com/max5128x 4981569

Cross section of sponge Geodia

Cyanthophyllum hypocrateriforme fossils, Tetracoralla or Rugosa, Devonian Period, Germany.

Western Honey Bee's Eye

irregular poligonal estructures from aerial view in Uyuni salar

Cucumber under the microscope.

Beetle foot. Coloured scanning electron micrograph SEM of the surface of the foot of a common pollen beetle Meligethes aeneus. These modified foot hai...

Air pockets, air bubbles and structures in ice, Austria, Europe

Aerial view of vehicles leaving trails in the snow on the frozen Didziulis lake surface, Moluvenai, Trakai district, Lithuania.

Embedded digit 0 on israeli money bill of 50 shekel under the microscope. Closeup macro photography.

Small moss leaves, genus Mnium, seen under a microscope.

Diatom. Coloured scanning electron micrograph SEM of part of the cell wall, or frustule, of a Amphora sp. diatom. The diatoms are a group of photosynt...

Tournefort's Eunicea Coral (Eunicea tourneforti) from the Bahamas, Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt, Germany

Cross-section of a tree trunk showing the annual rings, Black Locust or False Acacia (Robinia pseudoacacia), Brandenburg, Germany, Europe

A831085 U12N MIDNIGHT ZEPHYR GAUGES JOHN ALLEN (Project Engineer) JUL 26 83 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 7/26/1983 CABLES; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; FENCES; FENCES, CHAIN LINKED; GAUGES; MIDNIGHT ZEPHYR; N-TUNNEL; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; PIPES; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND; UNDERGROUND TESTING; WIRE & CABLES historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Under a low magnification of 38x, this 2007 scanning electron micrograph (SEM) shows the fibrous configuration of a dry macrofoam sponge swabs. This swab, was scanned for a CDC study involving their efficiency in recovery of Bacillus anthracis bacterial spores from steel coupons that had been inoculated with a spore suspension of known concentration. Results indicated that premoistened swabs were more efficient at recovering spores than dry swabs. Photo by Janice Carr

Diatom. Coloured scanning electron micrograph SEM of part of the cell wall, or frustule, of a Amphora sp. diatom. The diatoms are a group of photosynt...

Detailed view of erythritol crystals with unique structures

Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of Asbestos fiberschrysotile type. Chrysotile or white asbestos is the most commonly encountered form of a...

European Green Lizard (Lacerta viridis) scales

Strip of a climbing side with pearl and rosette list. On the ground soil, a mechelen soil (also known as ice soil), with some sprinkled four-pastor moes is a running pattern. Along the inside are small hanging rosette branches, a dune rose in the middle of a dune rose to larger voluntaries, which shown at the same flour that forms the closing piece of pure circle arc shut. The tubes consist of a pearl and rosette list, which enclose a center barrier with grid work. Mechelen side.

Dictyota dichotoma Meeresalge unter dem Mikroskop 100x Dictyota dichotoma Meeresalge unter dem Mikroskop 100x Copyright: xZoonar.com/Dr.xNorbertxLangex 13847892

Computer artwork of a bone structure and nanomaterial. A slice of cortical bone structure and nanomaterial is depicting bone regeneration.

Papillae on the upper surface of a rose flower petal (Rosa sp), coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Papillae are projections from epidermal c...

This image shows collagen, a fibrous protein that is the main component of the extracellular matrix (ECM). Collagen is a strong, rope-like molecule that forms stretch-resistant fibers. The most abundant protein in our body, collagen makes up about a quarter of our total protein mass. Among its many functions, it gives strength to our tendons, ligaments and bones and provides a scaffold for the healing of skin wounds. There are approximately 20 different types of collagen in our body, each tailored to the needs of specific tissues

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