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    Blanket of Soil May Hide Vast Martian Glaciers

    ESA/DLR/FU Berlin

    A mountain on Mars surrounded by a lobate deposit. Recent measurements from the Mars Reconnaisance Orbiter have detected water ice in similar deposits on the planet.

    New evidence suggest that pure ice in the form of glaciers may buried under a thin layer of soil and rock on the red planet
    HENRY FOUNTAIN , NYTimes
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