Ice on Mars, 1- 3 meters below surface

[Martin]

http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/09/water_water_everywhere.php

http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/mro/newsroom/pressreleases/20090924a.html

 

Photos of fresh meteorite craters show a reflective white material which goes away over the course of a few weeks or months. This is in the mid-latitudes. So it is not limited to near the poles.

 

The depth of the crater can be estimated at a few meters. These are small meteorite impacts. Spectrograph confirmed that it is H2O

 

The ice layer is apt to be fairly widespread.

 

Scr*w the moon. Mars is where the real water is.

Edited September 26, 2009 by Martin