(The pattern reminds me of the Atlantic coastline of Long Beach (maps, aerial photos), which I saw flying into New York earlier this year, a wonderful mix of curvy inlets, long spits and fractal islands, so unlike the coasts of anywhere I've seen in the UK.)
Take the Martian topology (datafiles captured by the Mars Orbiter Laser Alimeter, currently making a height map of the whole planet to within 5 metres), put them into the Terragen scenery generator, then add in a bit of speculation: get these beautiful renderings of a fictional Mars with surface water [via More Like This]. Olympus Mons with an ocean. The coastline of the Deuteronilus Mensae.
(The pattern reminds me of the Atlantic coastline of Long Beach (maps, aerial photos), which I saw flying into New York earlier this year, a wonderful mix of curvy inlets, long spits and fractal islands, so unlike the coasts of anywhere I've seen in the UK.)
Loosely joined griffins everywhere.