Mike Malaska on Nostr: Ahhhhh. That's still a mystery! You will read in Wikpedia or some of the literature ...
Ahhhhh. That's still a mystery! You will read in Wikpedia or some of the literature that it is water ice.
But actually, we don't know. It could be ice, or other things: frozen benzene, solid HCN, mixed solid organics. We do not have detailed spectra or other chemical analysis of those rocks vs the sands.
(Personally, I think it's probably ice, but I want better proof.)
(The dark sands I'd lean my guess towards probably organics.)
It is good to have mysteries! Fun! Explore!
But actually, we don't know. It could be ice, or other things: frozen benzene, solid HCN, mixed solid organics. We do not have detailed spectra or other chemical analysis of those rocks vs the sands.
(Personally, I think it's probably ice, but I want better proof.)
(The dark sands I'd lean my guess towards probably organics.)
It is good to have mysteries! Fun! Explore!