Are These Mountains On Mars Hiding Ice Just Beneath Their Surface?

The characterisation of Martian plenty range Phlegra Montes look characteristically dry and cold . But not so tight , say researchers at ESA . Just 60 feet below the Earth’s surface , they call up there ’s something buried : Ice .

So what makes scientists so certain ? Basically , the latest data come in from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter include a much more detailed topography of the mountain range than scientists had envision before . But when they began to take a closer look they plant that what they were control , though new , looked awful conversant . In fact , they noted , it looked just likethe aftereffects of a close encounter with a glacier on Earth ’s terrain :

feature seeable in the Phlegra Montes pile range providing potent evidence for glacial activity include aprons of rocky debris surrounding many of the hills . Similar features are seen in glacial regions on Earth , where material has step by step slump downhill through the presence of subsurface deoxyephedrine .

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For a better sense of the terrain they ’re talking about , they also made this image of the mountain range of mountains for take in in 3D. Glasses on !

Images : ESA / DLR / FU Berlin .

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