Illustration Comparing Early (Wet) Mars to Mars Today (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Illustration Comparing Early (Wet) Mars to Mars Today

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Conceptual image depicting the early Martian environment (right) -- believed to contain liquid water and a thicker atmosphere -- versus the cold, dry environment seen at Mars today (left).

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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