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New Evidence of Dry Lake Beds on Mars
[/caption] Networks of giant polygonal troughs found in crater basins on Mars are cracks caused by evaporating lakes. These landforms had been attributed to thermal contractions in the Martian permafrost, similar to what the Phoenix lander explored near the north pole on the Red Planet. But these polygon-shaped cracks are too large to be caused … Continue reading "New Evidence of Dry Lake Beds on Mars"
Nancy Atkinson