NASA Announces Discovery of Salty Water On Mars ... Maybe

Posted by timothy on Thursday August 4, 2011 @07:41AM from the why-don't-they-just-taste-it? dept.

Today's promised mystery announcement from NASA has finally been made: dotancohen writes "A NASA orbiter has found possible evidence for water on the surface of Mars that flows seasonally. The water likely would be salty, in keeping with the salty Martian environment." Adds an anonymous reader: "Dark, finger-like features appear and extend down some Martian slopes during late spring through summer, fade in winter, and return during the next spring, NASA says, and repeated observations have tracked the seasonal changes in these recurring features on several steep slopes in the middle latitudes of Mars' southern hemisphere." You can find more on the claimed find at NASA TV.

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Re:Salty water seeping out of Mars in the summerti by blair1q · 2011-08-04 07:45 · Score: 3, Funny

Please. Marspiration.
Re:Salty water seeping out of Mars in the summerti by wsxyz · 2011-08-04 07:48 · Score: 3, Funny

Mars doesn't sweat. It glows.
Ob. XKCD by DarthVain · 2011-08-04 08:16 · Score: 3, Funny

Real Science!
http://xkcd.com/683/
Re:Salty water seeping out of Mars in the summerti by Chris+Burke · 2011-08-04 10:24 · Score: 3, Funny

Gah, you guys wouldn't know majesty if it hit you in the face.
Funny, I was once punched by a Queen for exactly that reason.

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