Possible Signs of Liquid Water Flowing on Mars

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A new gully deposit in a crater in Terra Sirenum. Image credit: NASAJPLMalin Space Science Systems
A new gully deposit in a crater in Terra Sirenum. Image credit: NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

NASA photographs have revealed bright new deposits seen in two gullies on Mars that suggest water carried sediment through them sometime during the past seven years.


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