Mass lifting of material by Electro-Dynamic Forces

Electro Mass Lifting of material 2012

Update 9/2025 - The term Mass Wasting, menioned by Wal Thornhill in 2003 article as a euphemism, appears to not be descriptive of an electrical process.
Ref:Themis link, Wal states: "There is no mechanism available to geologists to cause mass wasting, particularly on such a gargantuan scale.".
Therefore, that term should not have been substituted by me for what is described & shown below.

Evident from various experiments, such as Electro Mass-lifting-2012, is the potential to be a mechanism for demonstrating the sculpting of large scale features on planetary bodies, as material is disrupted or removed during close-encounters of electrically-charged surfaces, replicating those of neighboring planetary bodies.
We now have more results from more recent experiments(2017) to move forward the probability of Electrical sculpting as the principle mechanism behind the sculpting of planetary surfaces...

As planetary feature go, Valles Marineris registers high on the list of mysteries being given an electrical sculpting explanation. It might be from a single arc, as proposed by some or it might be from a combination of electrodynamic forces.
Wal Thornhill of the Thunderbolts project (edit2025) [mentions the term Mass Wasting, 2003, used in conventional circles to describe missing material,,, but that term does not suggest electrical processes, such as Elecro-Dynamic Mass-Lifting]..
EDML recognizes the combination of various phases seen in electrical interactions, from dark-mode to arc-mode,, invisible to visible. It is also the recognition that planetary sculpting can occur suddenly..

Some of the features, within the interior of the images below, seem to call for closer examination and further experiments to replicate as many internal features as possible. At a previous page I began to offer evidence from CRT experiments which occurred during efforts to replicate dendritic patterns found within Valles Marineris and associated with many other features found around Mars. Those experiments led to a variety of setups and one has begun to open another avenue of possibilities for a mechanism which leaves sharp cut rims, alcoves, hanging remnants and flattened floors, to name a few. I've seen this process during much earlier experiments at lower power levels and thinner material so a pattern is growing.

From experiments with varying depths of material and using the same power and probe arrangement, i've seen that material can be lifted from the surface during a dark-mode interaction, [which is likely the non-visible phase of corona activity, also described as electric wind when at much lower intensities]. The stresses of the interaction lift material leaving trenches of varying widths as can be seen in the first row of images below. An important detail to know is that arcs wouldn't penetrate the material of this depth readily. If one did, it would leave a very small entry feature and when the probe was moved the arc would stick and jump with consistant spacing. The occurrance of mass electro-lifting seemed to happen when long probe distances and thick material depths were present, an arc couldn't be readily establish but interaction was visible as particulates were agitated.
Large scale removal of material to form the trenches or clearing of material as seen in the right image was the work of invisible electrical forces that preceded the arc. This electrical effect was also seen in earlier experiments with an ionizer providing power. Read about that and compare the pictures seen in the directories dedicated to this effort.

At left, in this second row, is an image from the ionizer-powered experiment.
The ball-end of this trench was the result of electro-lifting of a mass of material.
In the video (tyuyW3syhPU) it looked like tossing chips of dirt, as did the images above.
The center image shows that the lifting stopped when the arc began. The power supply for this experiment was a fly-back transformer froma12volt TV.
Electro-Mass-lifting cleared material to form the broad trench, and when the probe approached thinner material the lifting stopped because the arc caused concentration of energy rather than a broad stressful electrical interaction in dark-mode.
The right image shows parallel features running at right angle to a remnant of the rim, consistant with excavation forces seen in off-axis corona experiments.

3D image for side-by-side viewing

Compare the images above to a Mars image claimed by some to be the result of sculpting by a "traveling electric-arc"...
This article had close timing with my experiments for this group,
but were not regarded as relevant
possibly due to these experiments showing another mechanism than their theories propose for certain features.
http://www.thunderbolts.info/wp/2012/11/16/electric-sculpting/

^<<<< Mars side --- Experiments side >>>^

Electro Mass-lifting was seen to tear large chuncks from the surface,
which exposed the surface below, and then a few visible arcs left their mark across the flat floored trench.