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Evidence for Recent Liquid Water on Mars: Gullies in Gorgonum Chaos

Speaking of the colonization of other worlds, it turns out there's a great deal more water on Mars than a lot of people thought. This is good news for potential human visitors, but people, you should still read your Kim Stanley Robinson ;). Here are an article and a news release on this announcement.

Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) picture of Gorgonum Chaos from NASA's Planetary Photojournal at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Posted by Songdog on May 28, 2002 09:41 PM |

Comments

Are you sure that photo isn't a sandworm?

Posted by: steve | May 28, 2002 10:35 PM

Wormsign indeed, Stilgar.

Posted by: Songdog | May 29, 2002 09:56 AM

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