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Water on Mars


These high-resolution images taken by a camera on the Mars Global Surveyor hint at the presence of sub-surface water on Mars. (a) Extensively layered deposits in the Arabia Terra region; the smallest resolved layers are about 50 m thick in this view. (b) Gullies emanating from the inner wall of a small southern-hemisphere crater. The smallest features visible in this image are only 5­-10 m across. (Picture credit:NASA)

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