March 17, 2003
Tahirih Motazedian, of the University of Oregon
Dark streaks on crater and valley walls may indicate that brackish water currently
flows across the surface of Mars.
March 13, 2003 (BBC) -- New images and analysis suggest the slopes around the Red
Planet's largest extinct volcano, Olympus Mons, contain dark stains caused by brine
flowing down hill.
The discovery indicates that the substantial underground ice deposits on Mars can
sometimes melt and flow across the surface. It is bound to increase speculation that
life may exist near to the surface of the planet.
According to researcher Tahirih Motazedian, of the University of Oregon, US, it is
the first time that changes on Mars have been seen due to water >>>
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