Underground Lake of Liquid Water Detected on Mars

Just a mile or so beneath the surface, near the south pole of Mars, there is a reservoir of briny water sloshing and churning below layers of ice and rock. This subglacial lake, discovered by a ground-penetrating radar on the Mars Express spacecraft, is about 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) wide and perhaps no more than a meter deep. Its discovery is the latest piece of evidence that suggests water was not only present on Mars in the past but is still flowing in some capacity today. The findings, if confirmed by future observations, would be the most significant discovery of liquid water on Mars to date.

The most intriguing possibility is that this Martian lake is not alone, but rather part of an extensive network expanding across the south polar region of Mars. “Data provide some hints that this single lake is not a unique finding

So there is water on Mars, or is there?

But before we envision such a thing, follow-up observations must confirm that this one lake really does exist. Because for all the exciting data that has been obtained by MARSIS, there is one major problem: Another radar orbiting Mars, the Shallow Radar (SHARAD) on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), has not been able to detect the underground reservoir at all.

I guess we'll have to wait...

originally posted by: intergalactic fire

Just a mile or so beneath the surface, near the south pole of Mars, there is a reservoir of briny water sloshing and churning below layers of ice and rock. This subglacial lake, discovered by a ground-penetrating radar on the Mars Express spacecraft, is about 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) wide and perhaps no more than a meter deep. Its discovery is the latest piece of evidence that suggests water was not only present on Mars in the past but is still flowing in some capacity today. The findings, if confirmed by future observations, would be the most significant discovery of liquid water on Mars to date.

The most intriguing possibility is that this Martian lake is not alone, but rather part of an extensive network expanding across the south polar region of Mars. “Data provide some hints that this single lake is not a unique finding

So there is water on Mars, or is there?

But before we envision such a thing, follow-up observations must confirm that this one lake really does exist. Because for all the exciting data that has been obtained by MARSIS, there is one major problem: Another radar orbiting Mars, the Shallow Radar (SHARAD) on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), has not been able to detect the underground reservoir at all.

I guess we'll have to wait...

I think it's pretty obvious that Mars has water. It has polar ice caps so there must be water somewhere. At this point in Mars' history, I'd be willing to bet that it's underground.

originally posted by: intergalactic fire
So there is water on Mars, or is there?

It's a surfers paradise, man.

This is really amazing. From a "life perspective" water's good.

What if the oceans froze over, dust and desert sand blew across and covered the ice; meteorite bombardment added extra debris. So there could be water everywhere, but we can't see it. If Mars had sedimentary rock, then it's likely there are limestone caves and underground caverns.

this tells us microbial aliens exist!!!!

WOOOO!

But do mars microbs need Earth Jesus?

Already posted twice in this forum.

Original thread.
www.abovetopsecret.com...

Second.
www.abovetopsecret.com...

a reply to: gortex

Thanks for the links, didn't find any threads on the topic when I posted this.
Will take a look

edit
Looking at the date it seems this was the first thread, but feel free to close it.

a reply to: intergalactic fire

My mistake intergalactic fire.
Apologies to you.