A large deposit close to the equator of Mars could be made up of water ice
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A colossal slab of ice could be hiding at Mars’s equator. The composition of this layer, known as the Medusae Fossae Formation, has lengthy been debated, however new knowledge signifies that it accommodates sufficient water to cowl all the floor of Mars in an ocean 1.5 to 2.7 metres deep.
When the Mars Express orbiter first took radar measurements of Medusae Fossae in 2007, it wasn’t clear what the formation was made of. But new, extra…