Water on Mars. Computer artwork of the Sun over a southern coast of the northern polar ocean on Mars 3. 5 billion years ago. Mars is now a desert worl

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Water on Mars. Computer artwork of the Sun over a southern coast of the northern polar ocean on Mars 3. 5 billion years ago. Mars is now a desert world, but erosion features seen on Mars today suggest that water once flowed there. The water was lost due to the thin Martian atmosphere and weak gravity. This is the Deuteronilus Mensae region, bordering the Martian northern polar region or Vastitas Borealis.

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Size: 4800px × 3600px
Photo credit: © KEES VEENENBOS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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