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New Images Reveal Pure Water Ice On Mars

Posted by timothy on from the grab-a-bag-on-your-way-home dept.

Matt_dk writes "Images of recent impact craters taken by the HiRISE Camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have revealed sub-surface water ice halfway between the north pole and the equator on Mars. While the Phoenix lander imaged subsurface ice where the top layer of soil had been disturbed at the landing site near the north pole, these new images — taken in quick succession, detecting how the ice sublimated away — are the first to show evidence of water ice at much lower latitudes. Surprisingly, the white ice may be made from 99 percent pure water."

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  1. Re:Martians by hoggoth · · Score: 4, Informative

    > How long before martians now?

    Soon, soon.

    He brought the boys to the edge of the canal and told them to look down into the water. "There are the Martians I promised to show you"

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  2. Re:Whoa by Gilmoure · · Score: 4, Informative

    Rocket motors don't require an atmosphere at all. Is just mass moving and action/reaction. Any sort of device that can chuck mass out the back of a vehicle will push that vehicle forward.

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  3. Re:Another blow to the no life on Mars crowd by binarylarry · · Score: 3, Informative

    I tried Nucleic Acid once.

    What a ride, what a ride!

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