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"Definitive evidence for ancient lake on Mars", ...by University of Colorado team
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post Jun 18 2009, 06:55 AM
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First lightning...now lakes!
http://www.colorado.edu/news/r/7e9c22ec0cd...4ed2e29f16.html

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post Jun 18 2009, 07:53 AM
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http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/200...a-uoc061709.php

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post Jun 18 2009, 12:43 PM
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Where are the actual HiRISE images?
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post Jun 18 2009, 01:51 PM
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Here is a link to a paper from the 40th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2009):

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2009/pdf/1939.pdf

hirise images:

PSP_009683_1830
PSP_010316_1830


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post Jun 18 2009, 05:32 PM
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This article includes 2 HIRISE images:

http://www.universetoday.com/2009/06/17/lo...nds-it-on-mars/

Wiki has a short blurb on it too, along with a map:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Oxia_Palus_Map.JPG

Wasn't Aram Chaos originally one of the possible landing sites for MSL? Was this site eliminated because it was considered too risky for landing?
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post Jun 18 2009, 06:07 PM
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Marz, yes it was.

Landing sites

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post Jan 5 2010, 09:44 AM
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Now looks like an Imperial College London team lead by Dr Nicholas Warner have found evidence of up to 20km size lakes in certain equatorial areas such as Ares Valles in the Hesperian at around the 3 billion year mark using HiRise pictures. I think that pushes evidence for significant bodies of liquid water on Mars forward by about 800 m years. Go here for the original press release from Imperial College.

http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspg...-11-24-24#fni-4

"......the researchers analysed the depressions and discovered a series of small sinuous channels that connected them together. The researchers say these channels could only be formed by running water, and not by ice turning directly into gas." Check links to HiRise Pics etc at the end of the press release showing the channels. V interesting - as soon as I get time I am going to check out the original HiRise pics. Could be a great landing area - good elevation characteristics too.
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