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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-09-10 06:34 PM
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Existence of historic lakes on Mars confirmed
Edited on Wed Jun-09-10 06:39 PM by Ian David
A geologic mapping project using NASA spacecraft data offers new evidence that expansive lakes did exist long ago on Mars.

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A series of sedimentary deposits indicates the presence of large standing bodies of water in Hellas Planitia located in the southern hemisphere of Mars, said by Dr. Leslie Bleamaster, research scientist at the Planetary Science Institute.

These deposits resulted from erosion and transport of highland rim materials into a basin-wide standing body of water, Bleamaster said.

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“Our mapping and evaluation of landforms and materials of the Hellas region from the basin rim to floor provides further insight into Martian climate regimes and into the abundance, distribution, and flux of volatiles through history,” Bleamaster added.



More:
http://www.mizozo.com/tech/06/2010/09/existence-of-historic-lakes-on-mars-confirmed.html

Hat-tip to: http://twitter.com/gemswinc/status/15809062012

Updated to add MSM source in LBN: Huge seas 'once existed on Mars' (BBC)
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Arctic Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-09-10 06:38 PM
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1. Thats not Mars, thats Lake Havasu.
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HysteryDiagnosis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-09-10 06:41 PM
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2. And the martians could not make a BOP that worked... fouled their
environment, blew away their atmosphere. Pity that.
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IndianaJoe Donating Member (664 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-09-10 06:57 PM
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3. Yeah, the rightist Martians filibustered their Climate Bill and
--whoof!== No more Martians!
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