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What are we looking at? >> i'm not sure. this is geology. this is to say an eruption in geologic terms is a blink of an eye, in human jet travel is huge inconvenience. i can understand why the authorities are playing it on the safe side. you get this ash in the engine, you could really get into problems. you lose two engines at once over a populated area. see, the thing in mount st. helens days, it's near seattle, near portland, oregon, but the wind literally blew it the other way. we had bumper stickers that said, don't come to washington state, we're on our way to you. ash blew all the way t...

Are seeing is sort of the upper right portion or the northwest portion of the crater, and we're looking at basically the crater wall. bill: we are told these are one of a kind and now like the different channels of the crater, are the most intriguing element to it. and how does that enhance our knowledge of what is happening on mars, and why would we care? >> well, what is interesting about this particular crater is that basically it is a very fresh crater. it is gee logically a young feature on mars. possibly on the order of ten million years in age which is very recent in geologic terms. and...