Monday, January 4, 2010

Ancient lake basins...

on Mars? New images from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter "suggest that during the Hesperian Epoch, approximately 3 billion years ago, Mars had lakes made of melted ice, each around 20 km wide, along parts of the equator."

I am most intrigued by the channel connecting two of the basins shown in the image above (click to enlarge).

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