AEOLIAN MOVEMENTS ON MARS Saltating sand grains creep Ricochet across landscapes Etching ridges Sculpting rippling dunes Wind-worn shapes
Soft craters Shadowed depressions Rain scarred plains In concrete
Asteroids and micrometeorites Bombard celestial bodies Unyielding, abrasive Textures pocked and scarred Violent histories of creation
A stippled field Raw & lunar Blast worn Concrete
Fossilized memory Ventifacts left behind
Sharp folded landscape Crested layered light Fine grain Douglas fir
Steady forces Wind-driven sand Carving softer rock Long, narrow ridges Smooth, streamlined contours Yardangs shaped by time
Stirring sands Coaxing winds Slow, steady work Shaping surface
Unseen currents Draperies and frozen winds Turbulent waters Blast-etched glass
Tafoni weathering On ancient castle walls slow pitting of stubborn stone The relentless touch of nature Towards threadbare ridge And honeycomb chamber
Noguchi carved stone Acting on subtractive revelation Unveiling an essence of material Discovery and creation All at once
