text: In the 12th paragraph of the article it says this is a martian equivalent of a Butte or mesa so there are many things that are odd that happned naturlly on Earth also. In the passage Garvin said,"It reminds me most of the Middle Butte in the snake river plain of Idaho". Garvin also said,"That there is a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa that is about the same height as the face on mars."