Surprising Further Evidence for a Wet Mars

"When the robotic geologist Spirit found the latest evidence for a wet Mars, 'You could hear people gasp in astonishment,' said Steve Squyres, the lead scientist for the Mars rovers. 'This is a remarkable discovery. And the fact that we found something this new and different after nearly 1,200 days on Mars makes it even more remarkable. It makes you wonder what else is still out there.' The latest discovery, announced today, adds compelling new evidence for ancient conditions that might have been favorable for life, according to the rover team."


www.jpl.nasa.gov...

[edit on 21-5-2007 by 212121]

I can't see the link

Here are the images of the soil where scientists found it to be so rich in silica that scientists propose water must have been involved in concentrating it.

For full article read here

www.abovetopsecret.com...

Same post on another thread I just put here the latest ESA Color pics from the same area...

esamultimedia.esa.int...

[edit on 21-5-2007 by Gonjo]

I would like to see the pic or link but it doesnt work.

OK I forgot to refresh. I got it now. Sorry for the one liners

These scientists get so excited over evidence that water could have once
been on Mars and that Mars could have supported life at one time.

I bet if they actually found something alive..even a bacteria, they wouldn't
believe it! Can you imagine what an E.T. landing on Earth would do to the
psyche of all the scientists who are spending their entire lives looking for
hints that perhaps a living organism existing inside a rock thousands of
years ago on Mars, or if planets around nearby stars could support low
level moss, or whatever?

I don't know about you guys/gals, but proving that water once flowed
on a planet thousands of years ago doesn't seem very exciting. Maybe
the steady streams of E.T. evidence that comes across ATS has spoiled
me. Even a mollusk fossil find on Mars wouldn't be a big deal, compared
to what we are (hopefully) on the verge of learning re: Intelligent
Extraterrestrials.