validator, on 03 December 2012 - 12:42 AM, said:
According to Hoagland, this is definitely a collapsed apartment block. He's really, really insane.
I'm not a PhD in geology, but I've read quite a bit about it.
I was under the mistaken belief that I was possibly looking at exposed, broken layers of sedimentary rock, perhaps shattered by an ancient earthquake or nearby meteorite strike.
Gosh, I had even concluded it may indicate a lot of water was present at one time.
*calls in sick, goes to library*
Edited by synchronomy, 03 December 2012 - 05:23 PM.
At the heart of science is an essential balance between two seemingly contradictory attitudes--an openness to new ideas, no matter how bizarre or counterintuitive they may be, and the most ruthless skeptical scrutiny of all ideas, old and new.
This is how deep truths are winnowed from deep nonsense. -- Carl Sagan