[meteorite-list] Ice lake found on the Red Planet

[Marc Fries]

Nothin' new, actually:

>From Odyssey, 2002:
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/odyssey_update_020301.html

>From Mars Express, 2004:
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Mars_Express/SEMYKEX5WRD_0.html

Great pic, tho, and I bet the low-G ice skating is awesome.

Cheers,
MDF


> That is really amazing if it is true. It is somewhat
> surprising that a 7-8 mile diameter frozen lake wasn't
> spotted sometime ago with all the surveying of the
> planet's surface that has been conducted.
>
> Cool!
>
>
> -John
>
>
>
> --- kenoneill at kenoneill.com wrote:
>
>>
>> "A giant patch of frozen water has been pictured
>> nestled within an unnamed
>> impact crater on Mars.
>> The photographs were taken by the High Resolution
>> Stereo Camera on board
>> Mars Express, the European Space Agency probe which
>> is exploring the
>> planet."
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4727847.stm
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Ken O'Neill
>>
>>
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