Mars rover finds signs of seasonal floods

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Mars rover finds signs of seasonal floods

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From Ars Technica:
"The prodigious evidence for water on Mars has eliminated scientific debate about whether Mars had a watery past. It clearly did. But it has left us with an awkward question: What exactly did that past look like? Some results argue that there were long-lived oceans and lakes on Mars. Others argue that the water largely consisted of ice-covered bodies that only allowed water to burst out onto the surface on occasions."

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/08 ... al-floods/

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Re: Mars rover finds signs of seasonal floods

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The outlines look oddly similar to the cells in the heart shaped region on pluto, these polygonic shapes also remind me of convection cells o the Sun.

No connections of course but an interesting pattern indeed.


Thanks for sharing...
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