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Ice Lake on Mars

Posted by Zonk on from the esa-beats-nasa-to-the-punch dept.

DecoDragon writes "The ESA's Mars Express discovered an ice lake on Mars. The ESA has a number of images and an explanation of what was found. The lake was found in an unnamed crater. The report says it can't be carbon dioxide, because carbon dioxide ice had already disappeared from the northern polar cap at the time the image was taken." Coverage from the BBC also available. From the article: "The team has also been able to detect faint traces of water ice along the rim of the crater and on the crater walls. Mars is covered with deep gorges, apparently carved out by rivers and glaciers, although most of the water vanished millions of years ago. "

3 of 374 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Cool... by Pxtl · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Whoa, I missed that one before. Didn't realise there was frost on mars.

  2. Re:Cool... by drgonzo59 · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    If you look really close at the images you'll see tiny martians with little ice skates doing pirouhettes.

    Ok, ok ... I just wanted to use the word "pirouhette"

  3. Re:Cool... by uberdave · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So it should be relatively easy to build atmospheric condensers. No need to hunt down a special crater or gorge for the manned mission.

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