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Tag Archives: lineae
Are brines actually needed to make recurring slope lineae flow?
Recurring slope lineae (RSL) are finger-like dark lines on steep slopes that appear and grow longer during the warmest time of year, then fade and disappear over winter. They repeat the following Mars year in the same places. While scientists … Continue reading
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Tagged atmosphere, climate, climate change, Context Camera, CTX, HiRISE, ice, lineae, LPSC 2013, Mars Odyssey, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, recurring slope lineae, RSL, TES, Thermal Emission Imaging System, Thermal Emission Spectrometer, water
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What Earth’s saltiest pond says about Mars
An Antarctic pond that’s the saltiest natural body of water on Earth stays wet in part by pulling moisture out of the air, scientists have discovered. And that has implications for possible brine seeps and reservoirs on Mars. Don Juan … Continue reading
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Tagged Antarctica, brine seeps, brines, calcium chloride, deliquescence, Don Juan Pond, ice, lineae, liquid water, ponds, recurring slope lineae, RSL, water
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Salty flows on Mars
The features known as “recurring slope lineae” (RSL) are the best evidence going that liquid water can, and does, flow on present-day Mars. The lineae are small dark streaks that appear mostly on equator-facing slopes, are associated with slope channels, … Continue reading
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Tagged brines, CRISM, lineae, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, recurring slope lineae, RSL, water
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