{"id":39046,"date":"2013-01-20T21:25:55","date_gmt":"2013-01-21T02:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/?p=34513"},"modified":"2013-01-20T21:25:55","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T02:25:55","slug":"ancient-lake-discovered-on-mars-in-giant-crater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetsave.com\/articles\/ancient-lake-discovered-on-mars-in-giant-crater\/","title":{"rendered":"Ancient Lake Discovered On Mars In Giant Crater"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is now strong evidence that water may be present in the crevices of a huge crater on Mars known as McLaughlin Crater, thanks to new images taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.<\/p>\n

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This is adding to the growing body of evidence that suggests that there is substantial water ice located under the surface of Mars, and possibly even liquid water.<\/p>\n

The discovery was made after analyzing a collection of images that were taken by NASA’s powerful Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The images show good evidence of a previously wet underground environment on Mars. The photos were “focused on the giant McLaughlin Crater, which is about 57 miles wide and so deep that underground water appears to have flowed into the crater at some point in the distant past.”<\/p>\n

As of right now, the crater is of course completely dry, but clays are present, as are other minerals generally only created in the presence if water.<\/p>\n