August 4th, 2011 at 2:39PM

Salt-water flows found on Mars

Not that Red Lobster will be opening an outpost anytime soon, but news that salt-water flows have just been discovered on Mars has scientists in a tizzy. The Mars orbiter snapped the following pictures which show large streaks that may be caused by salt-water flows. 

Discovery News has another possible explanation:

There are other explanations for the channels, including releases of frozen carbon dioxide, tracks from dust devils or rock slides.

But those events are not necessarily seasonal, making them less likely than water to be the proverbial smoking gun.

Either way we’ll need another lander mission to confirm what these things are. 

  1. paranormalpost posted this
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