I'm guessing it has to do with static electrici...

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Posted: September 1, 2008 6:59 PM

I'm guessing it has to do with static electricity or something similiar. Mars has much laess of an atmosphere than Earth does and less water vapor. Static forces might govern clumping in the dryness of Mars. The dryness, the energetic UV light, there is likely lots of odd static energy.

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