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Right? In 2015, there was this: "NASA confirms the best-ever evidence for water on Mars" https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/09/28
by tinix 9y ago
Right?
In 2015, there was this:
"NASA confirms the best-ever evidence for water on Mars"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/09/28/new-evidence-of-liquid-water-on-mars-confirmed-by-nasa/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2...
From your link:
"This implies that RSL are not fed by large, near-subsurface aquifers, but are instead the result of either small ( < 120 km diameter) aquifers, deliquescence of perchlorate and chlorate salts or dry, granular flows."
Keyword there is "granular flows"
Here's another source for similar findings a few months prior.
"Granular flows at recurring slope lineae on Mars indicate a limited role for liquid water"
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-017-0012-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-017-0012-5
I too remain skeptical.