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Back Water in both hemispheres on early Mars

Water in both hemispheres on early Mars

Date: 24 June 2010
Copyright: ESA

Mars Express' OMEGA sensor has provided the first hints that there may be hydrated silicates beneath the northern plains of Mars, as well as in the southern highlands. This suggests that the early wet phase of Mars was global in extent.

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