Water ice buried at Mars' equator

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Water ice buried at Mars' equator

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The Mars Express orbiter has detected enough water ice buried beneath the Red Planet's equator to cover the entire planet in a shallow ocean if melted.

https://www.space.com/mars-water-ice-eq ... ozen-ocean


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Re: Water ice buried at Mars' equator

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I imagine Mars has quite a few surprises in store.
Some nice refractors, eyepieces, mounts and related equipment
The only culture I have is from yogurt
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