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Large parallel "slashes" through topography
What causes these huge (dozens of miles long) parallel "slashes" through topography like seen in this photo??:
http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/7817/geomacrostripesid1.png
Here is another one:
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/7121/macroslash2gp2.png
The pattern is so regular, it looks like someone took 50 mile wide comb and scratched the Earth's surface with it. You can see the slash marks cut through the "more natural" river flows too.
What causes these huge (dozens of miles long) parallel "slashes" through topography like seen in this photo??:
http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/7817/geomacrostripesid1.png
Here is another one:
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/7121/macroslash2gp2.png
The pattern is so regular, it looks like someone took 50 mile wide comb and scratched the Earth's surface with it. You can see the slash marks cut through the "more natural" river flows too.
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