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http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/MRO/news/mro-20081120.html
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/0811...n-glaciers.html

"[B]uried glaciers extend for dozens of miles from edges of mountains or cliffs."

At long last--we had been expecting these sorts of discoveries from the shallow radar instrument for some time.
climber
Down to 35° North & South latitude, this is great news.
Shaka
biggrin.gif "Follow the water..."? Hey, try to get away from it!
Mister K.S. Robinson, it's all gonna happen! ...on Mars, on Mars, on Mars...
Sorry I'll miss it. mars.gif
Julius
a source for crater gullies!! huh.gif
ilbasso
Once again, the press serves us well...why can't they even get one out of two sentences right? Oh well, maybe 50% is good enough.

From today's CNN website:

"A computer graphic image shows three craters in the eastern Hellas region of Mars. Radar on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter detected the craters, which contained concealed glaciers. "
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