The Veins of Mars
Dr Samuel Illingworth of Manchester Metropolitan University has written a poem about the sulphate veins on Mars that we have just published about in Meteoritics and Planetary Science.
Your crater stands abandoned in the dirt,
As thirsty dreams evaporate for good;
Beneath your dusty surface pressures spurt,
Leaving behind deposits in the mud.
They burn you with their sulphate-silic blood,
And your horizons change beyond repair;
Then ground water appears like a lost flood,
Leaving behind pure sulphur in your lair.
We cut you with a knife and steal without a care.
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