Originally published March 2 2005
Europe's Mars Express discovers possible evidence of a frozen sea under the surface of Mars
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
After analyzing stereoscopic images taken from the Mars Express, European researchers have come to the conclusion that there may very well be a vast, frozen sea of water under the Martian surface. After recognizing features similar to pack ice on Earth's poles, scientists theorize that this frozen sea is about 500 x 560 miles wide and about 150 feet deep, on average.
Scientists, using data gathered by Europe's Mars Express spacecraft, may have discovered the frozen remains of a sea under the surface of Mars.
Team of researchers, led by John Murray of Britain's Open University, scrutinized data from high-resolution images taken by the Mars Express.
The observations led them to the hypothesis of a Martian sea, in part, because the craft's images provided evidence of pack ice underneath surface, near the polar caps.
Images from the high resolution stereo camera on Mars Express showed of structures called plates that look similar to ice formations near Earth's poles...
estimated the possible submerged ice sea at about 800 by 900 kilometres (500 by 560 miles) in size and 45 metres (150 feet) deep on average.
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