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This Mountain on Mars Is Leaking
Seasonal flows spotted by HiRISE on northwestern slopes in Hale Crater. (NASA/JPL/University of Arizona)
As the midsummer Sun beats down on the southern mountains of Mars, bringing daytime temperatures soaring up to a balmy 25ºC (77ºF), some of their slopes become darkened with long, rusty stains that may be the result of water seeping out from just below the surface.
The image above, captured by the HiRISE camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on Feb. 20, shows mountain peaks within the 150-km (93-mile) -wide Hale Crater. Made from data acquired in visible and near infrared wavelengths the long stains are very evident, running down steep slopes below the rocky cliffs.
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Post tags: Alfred McEwen, crater, Hale, HiRISE, liquid water, Mars, MRO, planets, RSL, water
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Read the Lord’s prophecies about the coming colonization of Mars, they are quite extraordinary to say the least.
http://revelation12.ca/?p=1128