Mars Globe with Ice (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin

Mars Globe with Ice

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A radar map of Mars as seen through a mile of ice. UT Austin planetary scientist, Cyril Grima, built a computer model to cover the Red Planet in ice and observed how it changed the radar data. This caused volcanic plains (seen in red) to reflect radar in a manner that resembled liquid water. The finding challenges a 2018 study that appeared to find liquid water under Mars’ south polar cap.

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Cyril Grima

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