... Mars . ... News . ... New analysis suggests wind, not water, formed mound on Mars . Researchers suggest that the mound, known as Mount Sharp, most likely emerged as strong winds carried dust and sand into the crater in which the mound sits. ... A roughly 3.5-mile high (5.6 kilometers) martian mound that scientists suspect preserves evidence of a massive lake might actually have formed as a result of the Red Planet's famously dusty atmosphere, an analysis of the mound's features suggests. ...