[frame]Giant Pool of Water Ice at Mars' South Pole
Mars is unlikely to sport beachfront property anytime soon, but the planet has enough water ice at its south pole to blanket the entire planet in more than 30 feet of water if everything thawed out.

With a radar technique, astronomers have penetrated for the first time about 2.5 miles (nearly four kilometers) beneath the south pole’s frozen surface. The data showed that nearly pure water ice lies beneath.

Discovered in the early 1970s, layered deposits of ice and dust cap the North and South Poles of Mars. Until now, the deposits have been difficult to study closely with existing telescopes and satellites. The current advance comes from a probe of the deposits using an instrument aboard the Mars Express orbiter.

“This is the first time that a ground-penetrating system has ever been used on Mars,

(This post was last modified: 16/03/2007 06:21 AM by ZiNgA BuRgA.)

Sparker Wrote:

oh snaps son that's crazy water on mars i want to go there now :yes:

anywas that's crazy advancement to be able to see the through the ice on mars from earth and that one sattelite thingy mankind desu :yipi:

(This post was last modified: 16/03/2007 08:27 AM by beaner2k6.)

I love that picture sparker

I love Mars Choc :mdr:

I want to eat mars...

* ZiNgA BuRgA is hungry...

:rofl:

* stuffs poo into zinga's mouth*

have fun! :)

good picture by the way

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