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Curiosity, Mars, Mars Science Laboratory

Clay Deposits Don’t Prove Existence of Ancient Martian Lakes

10 Sep , 2012 by Jason Major

HiRISE image of branching features in the floor of Antoniadi Crater thought to contain clay material. (NASA/JPL/University of Arizona) In the hunt for evidence of a warmer, wetter past on Mars, clay deposits have been viewed as good indications that stable liquid water existed on its surface for some time — perhaps even long enough […]

clays, Curiosity, Gale crater, life, Mars, Meunier, MSL, planet, Solar System, water

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