Mars s Surface Is Messed Up | The Martian Dichotomy

Most rocky planets have pretty consistent surface features, with a fairly even mix of mountains and basins in each hemisphere. This is NOT the case on Mars! What do scientists know about this mystery? Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Bd_Tmprd, Jeffrey Mckishen, James Knight, Christoph Schwanke, Jacob, Matt Curls, Sam Buck, Christopher R Boucher, Eric Jensen, Lehel Kovacs, Adam Brainard, Greg, Sam Lutfi, Piya Shedden, Katie Marie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Charles george, Alex Hackman, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature07070 https://doi.org/10.1038/35084163 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-019-0512-6 https://earth-planets-space.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40623-016-0593-z https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0031920112001690?via%3Dihub https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pepi.2012.09.008 https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-06/ciot-gie062308.php https://www.nature.com/articles/nature07070 https://www.nature.com/articles/309138a0 https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2019/EGU2019-9012.pdf Image Sources: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mars_topography_(MOLA_dataset)_with_poles_HiRes.jpg https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/7767/newly-detailed-map-of-mars-crustal-thickness/#:~:text=Color%20coding%20indicates%20calculated%20thickness,(90%20to%20100%20kilometers). https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/lava-texture-and-cracked-ground-surface-gm1155295794-314472414 https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/7505/strata-at-base-of-mount-sharp/ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Martian_south_pole_during_summer_by_HRSC.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hawaii_hotspot_cross-sectional_diagram.jpg https://astrogeology.usgs.gov/search/map/Mars/Viking/cerberus_enhanced https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA02820 https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA02036 https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA23491 Thumbnail image credit: NASA / JPL / USGS