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24/03/2004: "Martian Sea"

The BBC is carrying an article (which has also just made the radio news) that its Opportunity Rover is sitting on the shore of an ancient salty Martian lake or sea...


The US space agency has announced that its robotic Mars rover Opportunity is parked on what was once the shore of a salty Martian sea. There is multiple evidence that the surface of Mars was awash with liquid water at some time in its past.

But the latest findings from Nasa's robot explorers on the Red Planet are fleshing out a picture of what Mars must have been like when it was wet.

"If you have an interest in searching for fossils on Mars, this is the first place you want to go," said Dr Ed Weiler, Nasa associate administrator.

Read more at BBC News Online