Scientists have revealed that the recently observed reflective spots at the south pole of Mars may not be a sign of liquid water as they expected. Astronomers have detected extraordinarily bright reflections under the 1.4 km thick pure water ice formation from the European Space Agency’s Mars orbiter, Mars Orbiter.
But computer simulations created by a team at Cornell University indicate that another phenomenon, the overlap of geological layers on the Red Planet, could be the real cause of these reversals.
Scientists have found that three layers, made up of two layers of carbon dioxide separated by a single layer of ice, can produce reflections like those seen on the planet’s surface. According to “Russia today”.
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