Strange, sinuous gullies etched into the dunes of Mars 🌌 are finally giving up their secrets. These gouges, new experiments reveal, are carved by the explosive sublimation of dry ice ❄️, burrowing down the slopes like a mole 🐾 and blasting away sand as it goes.
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Experiment Reveals What Is Truly Burrowing Beneath Mars's Dunes Each Spring
"It felt like I was watching the sandworms in the film Dune.”