Martian Spiders
Ziggy
played guitar, jammin' good with Weird and Gilly,
The spiders from Mars...
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (David Bowie)
All photos discovered and compiled by Greg Orme, except where noted on the web pages
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Photos
Click here for the original index of photos:
Click here to see each photo in turn:
Click here for new spider photos released October 2002:
Click here for new spider photos released May 2003:
Papers on the spiders
Astrobiology Magazine: Spiders invade Mars
ASU: Gas jet plumes unveil mystery of "spiders" of Mars
Press release: Seasonal changes and ice melt on Mars explain spider formations on Martian surface
Paper: Energy balance in ice layers - the solid-state greenhouse effect at the Mars polar caps
Paper: Spider patterns in the Martian cryptic region
Paper: Water driven erosive structures in the southern hemisphere of Mars
Science: "Spiders" channel mars ice cap
ESA: Decoding the cryptic region of Mars
NASA: NASA findings suggest jets bursting from Mars ice cap
ESA Science and technology: Sublimation of Mars's southern seasonal CO2 ice cap and the formation of spiders
Physorg: Decoding Mars cryptic region
Paper: No signature of clear CO2 ice from the `cryptic' regions in Mars' south seasonal polar cap
AIG News: Spiders on Earth and Mars Page 21
Paper: Atmosphere-surface vapor exchange and ices in the Martian polar regions
STRATIGRAPHY OF SPECIAL LAYERS – TRANSIENT ONES ON PERMEABLE ONES: EXAMPLES FROM EARTH AND MARS.
Paper: PHENOMENA ASSOCIATED WITH MARTIAN POLAR COLD SPOTS
Thermodynamics of Geysers: Application to Titan
Thesis: History and current processes of the Martian polar layered deposits
THEMIS web site: Gas jets spawn dark spiders and spots on Mars ice cap
Paper:Simulation of geyser type eruptions in cryptic regions of Mars South Polar cap
Paper: Martian spiders as feasible water-driven erosive structures
Paper: SOUTH POLAR CRYPTIC REGION REVISTED: THEMIS OBSERVATIONS:
Paper: MARTIAN SOUTH POLAR DEFORMATION AND SUBLIMATION PROCESSES:
Paper: BEHAVIOR OF SOLID CO2 ON MARS: A REAL ZOO:
Paper: OBSERVATION OF THE MARTIAN CRYPTIC REGION FROM MARS ORBITER CAMERA:
Paper: South Polar Cryptic Region Revisited, THEMIS observations:
Paper: Behavior of solid CO2 on Mars: still a zoo:
Paper: Annual punctuated CO2 slab-ice and jets on Mars:
Paper: Sublimation of Mars's southern seasonal CO2 ice cap and the formation of spiders:
Paper: DARK DUNE SPOTS: POSSIBLE BIOMARKERS ON MARS?: Diagrams here:
Paper: Spider-Ravine Models and Plant-like Features on Mars: Full version with diagrams here:
Paper: MARTIAN SPIDERS (Marsbugs):
Paper: Martian Spiders (NFS): Part two:
Unpublished Paper: MARTIAN SPIDERS, CHANGES OVER TWO MARTIAN YEARS:
Unpublished Paper: A suggested history of Mars: Part two:
Unpublished paper: Martian Spiders, a paradox:
Web pages on the spiders
Spiders drop in on Mars each spring
Arthur C. Clarke on Martian Spiders
from space.com, second interview:
from the 2nd International Conference on the Space Elevator: