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New Map Suggests Huge Ocean Once Dominated Mars' Northern Hemisphere

Posted November 30, 2009 8:30 AM

From Discover Magazine | rsslist:

Scientists have long suspected that Mars was once a wet place, and that water helped to shape the geography we see there today. Now, thanks to a study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research, we don't have to simply imagine what a watery Mars might have looked like long ago—geographers have created this new map of the Red Planet covered in blue water.

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12/01/2009 7:09 AM

......which begs some questions:

  • Where did it go to?
  • When?
  • And why?
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12/01/2009 8:45 AM

...Why can't we buit pyramids any more?

...Do cemetery workers prefer the graveyard shift?

...Can you sentence a homeless man to house arrest?

...Why does Bugs bunny walk around the cartoon naked, but puts a bathing suit on when he goes swimming?

..Where is last month pay?

So many questions, so little brain cells...

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