Location of Large Subsurface Water (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin

Location of Large Subsurface Water

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Diagonal striping on this map of a portion of Mars' Utopia Planitia region indicates the area where a large subsurface deposit rich in water ice was assessed using the Shallow Radar (SHARAD) instrument on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The deposit holds about as much water as Lake Superior.

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NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Rome/ASI/PSI

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