A Mars of Ice & Fire: Lava and Water Could Explain Strange Features
But that's not all NASA has uncovered. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spotted a strange landform last week that looks like a 2 kilometer wide pie. While the Rover can't get in for a closer look, the current belief is that lava pushed up beneath while the heat melted any ice lingering above it.
In other words, we're finding more and more evidence to suggest that Mars is more similar to Earth than we'd ever realized. This will be hugely significant not only to NASA, but any organization planning to colonize the red planet in the future.
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Source: The Washington Post
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In other words, we're finding more and more evidence to suggest that Mars is more similar to Earth than we'd ever realized. This will be hugely significant not only to NASA, but any organization planning to colonize the red planet in the future.
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Source: The Washington Post
<a href=http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA18932>NASA, via <a href=http://www.space.com/27939-weird-mars-pie-landform-mro-photo.html>Space
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