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Curiosity has found traces of lakes on Mars
On сообщению The Washington Post , the rover Curiosity found traces of dried-up lake in the crater Gale.
Model crater filling with water from the melting snow on the north side of the funnel (NASA / JPL-Caltech / ESA / DLR / FU Berlin / MSSS) i>
NASA scientists and experts suggest that on the surface of Mars may last for a long time there were large lakes. It was previously thought that water present on Mars just under the surface, there was either a liquid form in a relatively short period of time.
These conclusions are based on analysis of data from the rover foot of Mount Sharp , located in the center of the crater. According to new data, the mountain is composed of several layers, as formed for the time spent underwater mountains and wind drift. In addition, the hypothesis that the lake in the crater Gale dry out and filled with water again several times.
Also from the existence of liquid water on the surface leads to the conclusion that Mars previously had a much warmer and denser atmosphere than it is now. Consensus about what happened to her and why she is so thin now - not yet.
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Model crater filling with water from the melting snow on the north side of the funnel (NASA / JPL-Caltech / ESA / DLR / FU Berlin / MSSS) i>
NASA scientists and experts suggest that on the surface of Mars may last for a long time there were large lakes. It was previously thought that water present on Mars just under the surface, there was either a liquid form in a relatively short period of time.
These conclusions are based on analysis of data from the rover foot of Mount Sharp , located in the center of the crater. According to new data, the mountain is composed of several layers, as formed for the time spent underwater mountains and wind drift. In addition, the hypothesis that the lake in the crater Gale dry out and filled with water again several times.
Also from the existence of liquid water on the surface leads to the conclusion that Mars previously had a much warmer and denser atmosphere than it is now. Consensus about what happened to her and why she is so thin now - not yet.
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Source: geektimes.ru/post/242663/
