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The original title is "Steep Slopes on Mars Reveal Structure of Buried Ice". The HN title "Buried Ice Water Discovered on Mars" is misleading - we've known abo
by mncharity 9y ago
The original title is "Steep Slopes on Mars Reveal Structure of Buried Ice". The HN title "Buried Ice Water Discovered on Mars" is misleading - we've known about large midlatitude underground ice deposits for some years now.
- mirimir 9y agoRight. "Ice water" makes no sense. If anything, "water ice': > The ice was likely deposited as snow long ago. The deposits are exposed in cross section as relatively pure water ice, capped by a layer one to two yards (or meters) thick of ice-cemented rock and dust.
- larrymcp 9y agoRight, exactly. The article does contain the phrase "water ice" a few times. "Ice water" would be something that is served in the restaurants on Mars.