Marsianskie yardangi
14.11.2000 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Poklonnikov klassicheskoi nauchnoi fantastiki prosyat ne bespokoit'sya. Yardangi -- eto ne barsumianskie voiny iz novogo priklyuchencheskogo romana Edgara Raisa Berrouza o zavoevanii Krasnoi Planety. Na samom dele yardangi (geologicheskii termin dlya oboznacheniya uzkoi gryady, dyuny, ili borozdy, podvergsheisya deistviyu vetrovoi erozii) -- eto formy rel'efa, ves'ma rasprostranennye v pustynnyh oblastyah nashei planety.