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Of course no spider aliens as the clickbait might insinuate.

These are cracks in the ice sheet caused by gases which when released to the surface bring dark material with them is spread on the ground in that manner.

Sunlight causes the carbon dioxide ice at the bottom of the layer to turn into gas, then build up and break the ice sheets on it. The gas explodes in the spring on Mars, dragging dark material to the surface over time and destroying the ice layer as thick as a meter."

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing!

With the first rise of online casinos (pre 2010), a friend of mine thought he had rigged the system by more or less the same strategy. I think the usual approach is actually to double the bet.

Well…in the end he won a debt of several 10k€ before he had to quit. This put a huge strain on his early adulthood.

Well, my comment was more made in jest, but obviously there lies some truth in your comment.

Feels like the animal kingdom is bound for war. Orcas gearing up and attacking boats, cougars vs. wolves…it all seems almost like war preparation and testing out responses.