"Definitive Evidence" For Ancient Lake On Mars 102
TheSync writes "Eurekalert reports on 'definitive evidence' for an ancient water lake on Mars. A UC Boulder research team has discovered evidence of a shoreline on Mars of a 3 billion year-old lake 80 square miles in area and 1,500 feet deep (roughly the equivalent of Lake Champlain). Images came from the HiRISE instrument on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Water carved a 30-mile-long canyon that opened up into a valley and forming a large delta during a time when Mars is generally believed to have been cold and dry. The lack of additional, lower shorelines, shows that the lake dried up very quickly. Of particular interest are the deltas adjacent to the lake. On Earth, deltas rapidly bury organic carbon and other biomarkers of life, making the Martian lake bed and delta a prime target for future searches for past life on the planet."
Old news? (Score:1, Funny)
A three billion year old lake? Geez slashdot, can't you be any quicker with your stories?
Re:NASA has been hiding life on Mars for years (Score:3, Funny)
And a thorough job they did...
Blah blah blah, wake me when they prove it. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Old news? (Score:1, Funny)
Hey mom, me an Billy are going swimming. we'll be back in about 12 years, ok?
Re:If it's definitive evidence... (Score:5, Funny)
I 'don't know'.
Whose standard would that be? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Blah blah blah, wake me when they prove it. (Score:5, Funny)
Dude, you're bitching about the fact we haven't encountered Martians yet, but you're speaking their fucking language.
Gorblobberschnart, man, relax... the martians are there, "they" just don't want us to know about them. ("They" meaning various 3- and 4-letter government agencies).
Re:evidence of lake != lake of water (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Sweet pics (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Blah blah blah, wake me when they prove it. (Score:3, Funny)
Dude, you're bitching about the fact we haven't encountered Martians yet, but you're speaking their fucking language.
Not only that, but he left out the second 'e'. "Enthushtaotibelastic" means excited and interested, "enthushtaotiblastic" is a form of shark sushi. Honestly, people, this is first year stuff in Kiiwohl School. Grammar matters on Mars - if he'd said that to the local Gringkel, he'd be a steaming plate of enthushtaotiblastic now.