http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g261/mcrib_is_back/mars_topography.jpg
The Northern hemisphere is way below the average elevation for the planet. Also, it seems a lot smoother than that pockmarked southern hemisphere. The North pole of Mars also sits on top of a dome that's almost 3 kilometers above the surrounding area.
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g261/mcrib_is_back/Mars_nth_pole.jpg
To help you give me a better answer, here are a few more pictures of Martian phenomena:
Glass tubes: http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e397/Bigpappadiaz/slide25.jpg
Craters centered on other craters:
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g261/mcrib_is_back/050606omcaldera.jpg
Craters with mounds raised in the middle, that resemble results of electric arcs striking clay anodes in lab experiments (note the how the mud "sweats" away from the crater):
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g261/mcrib_is_back/crater2.jpg
and the "collapsed lava tubes" of Ascraeus Mons (plasma scars):
2006-06-12
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