Glacial Rivers (IMAGE)

Brown University

Glacial Rivers

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Brown University researchers have found evidence that melting glaciers spawned rivers on Mars as recently as several hundred million years ago. This image shows a river that sprang from a past glacier from an unnamed crater in Mars’ middle latitudes.

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NASA/JPL/MSSS

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