Briny water may be at work in seasonal flows on Mars
Dark, narrow features running down slopes in the warmer regions of Mars point to the possibility of salty water as the causing agent
Published 2011-08-06 · Original archive entry · Explore research explainers
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JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter for NASA. The University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory operates the HiRISE camera, built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, Colo. Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory provided and operates CRISM. For more information about the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mro .
JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter for NASA. The University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory operates the HiRISE camera, built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, Colo. Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory provided and operates CRISM. For more information about the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mro .
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