April 11, 2001 ____________________________ The Mars Initiative:

THE POLAR MYSTERIES OF MARS

Following is a brief wrap-up of some of the latest information regarding two quite different, but equally fascinating formations on Mars for which there are as yet no satisfactory explanations. The 'monoliths' near the north pole are some of the most artificial-looking artifacts yet imaged by any of the Mars probes, resembling partially buried blocks or structures. Their similarity in size and shape and overall distribution is amazing. What are they? The 'forest' region near the south pole looks very much like wide-spread vegetation. Or is it just melting ice / frost? As the 2001 Mars Odyssey probe heads toward an October rendezvous with the red planet, The Mars Initiative will continue to investigate these and other anomalies on our planetary neighbour, providing the latest news updates and special research reports. Go Odyssey!

North Pole: The 'Monoliths'

The Monolith Graveyard - Update
http://209.196.158.209/mars/monolith_graveyard.html

Polar 'Monoliths' Revisited
http://www.geocities.com/macbot/imperative16.html

South Pole: The 'Forest'

The "Forests of Mars': Biology or Exotic Geology?
http://www.geocities.com/erasproject/marsforest.html

A Martian Southern Hemisphere Mystery - What Are These?
http://www.earthfiles.com/earth225.htm

Vegetation on Mars?
http://www.geocities.com/macbot/imperative15.html

More Arthur C. Clarke Comments Regarding 'Vegetation on Mars'
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_251806,00.html

THE MARS INITIATIVE

The Mars Initiative is a special research project of The Eras Project, advocating the continued exploration of Mars, including a manned mission and eventual colonization as part of mankind's next steps outward into the solar system and beyond; a major focus of TMI is the search for and examination of evidence for life, past or present, on this the most earthlike of the nearby worlds.

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