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New discoveries today are forcing planetary scientists to consider
completely rewriting the history of the planet Mars.
NASA scientists are expressing their amazement over the
completely unexpected discovery of a mineral in a Martian crater.
Within the Marias Pass region of Gale Crater,
a Mars rover has discovered a mineral called Tridymite,
which only forms at super hot temperatures.
The scientists are now speculating that the mineral
was formed by incredibly powerful Martian supervolcanoes.
NASA planetary scientist Richard Morris says of the discovery,
"It was the last mineral we expected to see. If this stands the test of time
it has a lot of implications for how Mars evolved.
We may have to rethink a few things."
The discovery of Tridymite on Mars is highly
problematic for standard planetary science.
Mars is not known to have the dynamic subsurface plates
that are thought necessary to create volcanic activity.
And the planet's average temperature today is quite cold compared to Earth,
at -67 degrees Fahrenheit (-55º C).
Indeed, Martian Tridymite is such an apparent problem
that the investigators are now trying to discover ways
that the mineral can form at much less than super hot temperatures.
The aforementioned Richard Morris states,
"Mars is a different place. Processes are different there.
There may be something weird going on that we just don't recognize yet."
But another process besides volcanic activity may be
responsible for having formed the Martian Tridymite.
Tridymite is a crystalline form of quartz that forms
under low pressures and extremely high temperatures.
Let us consider the close relationship between Tridymite
and another high temperature silica called the Lechatelierite
which is a form of silica glass found in lightning strike features.
In fact, Tridymite has been reported as a product of lightning.
In the book "The Data of Geochemistry",
Tridymite has been reported as a product of lightning on a roofing slate.
Let us also consider the presence of another type of mineral on Mars, known as Perchlorate.
The 2015 article discussed the potential health hazards
of the chemical for future astronauts on Mars.
Various forms of perchlorate are created either
by electrochemical processes or electrolysis.
It is also been discovered that lightning
can produce perchlorate in the presence of chloride.
Amazingly, perchlorates are 10,000 times more abundant on Mars than sands or soils.
The discovery of Tridymite on Mars is completely unexpected to NASA scientists
but it does not seem surprising to proponents of the Electric Universe.
It is the position of the chief principles of the Thunderbolts project
that the entire surface of Mars and other planets in the inner solar system
were dramatically scarred by interplanetary lightning bolts
in a period of planetary instability.
Many previous presentations on this channel,
including the feature-length documentary film, "The Lightning Scarred Planet Mars"
have outlined the evidence that high energy electrical discharges
have reconfigured the Martian surface.
If these events did occur, we should expect the discovery of minerals on Mars
that form in lightning and only at superhot temperatures.
In the Electric Universe theory, the electrical scarring of planetary bodies
excavated enormous volumes of material
which formed our solar system's comets, meteoroids and asteroids.
In recent years, comet scientists have been stunned
to discover complex minerals that only form under extreme heat.
NASA's Stardust mission to the comet Wild 2 did not reveal the abundance
of interstellar dust, expected to compose the comet nucleus.
Rather, mineral inclusions range from anorthite;
which is made of calcium, sodium, aluminum and silicon,
to diopside; made of calcium, magnesium and silicon.
Formations of such minerals require temperatures in the range of thousands of degrees.
At the time, NASA curator Michael Zolensky said,
"That's a big surprise. People thought comets would just be cold stuff
that formed out...where things are very cold...
it was kind of a shock to not just find one but several of these,
which implies they are pretty common in the comet."
The surprisingly complex minerals found in meteorites
have also left geologist searching for answers.
Glassy beads on stony meteorites called chondrules are especially puzzling
since the theory of meteorite origins in a primordial dust cloud did not allow
for the extreme heating and sudden cooling required for the chondrules formation.
In 2013, a scientific study suggested a surprising conclusion
that lightning within a theoretical protoplanetary disk could explain the mystery.
A Space.com report on the study stated,
"Rocks melted in the early solar system after electrical currents
spiked through the cloud of dust circling around the young Sun..."
Unfortunately, despite these consistently surprising discoveries, planetary science
has yet to seriously reconsider the story of our solar system's history.
But the burgeoning field of electric universe geology
is already opening new pathways of discovery.
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