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When Percival Lowell an early 20th century American astronomer observed Mars through a telescope, he thought he saw a vast network of canals.
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He hypothesized that Mars had the following features in common with Earth water, vegetation, and at some time in the past, intelligent life.
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The report cited earlier missions only indirectly: "However, three space probes in the 1960s the Mariner missions revealed that Mars had no canals, vegetation, or water."
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With its distant orbit 140 million miles from the sun and its thin, largely carbon-dioxide atmosphere, Mars has a harsh environment.
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The Mariner and later the Viking missions did find evidence that Mars has had a complicated climatic history one punctuated with warm periods.
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Furthermore, researchers have found the other evidence characteristic of glacial landscapes, such as boulder-like ridges of sediment, meandering lines of sand and or gravel, and "rock glaciers," like those found in Alaska.
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Researchers have also found long channels emanating from "chaotic terrain" regions of fractured rocks that may have collapsed when groundwater broke suddenly through the surface.
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Once this water rushed to the surface and mixed with the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, a carbonated sea a Martian seltzer may have been created.
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Some believe Mars may have had more than channels, lakes, and seas there may have been a Martian ocean.
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Further evidence of water on Mars comes from Soviet space probes, which revealed oxygen and hydrogen atoms derived from the breakdown of water exposed to sunlight streaming away from Mars.
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A quantity of the carbon dioxide a potent greenhouse gas also appears to have escaped from Mars into space.
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Many questions remain about water on Mars Was there an ocean? When was Mars wet? How long was it wet?
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One researcher believes that Mars may have had water on its surface as recently as 300 million years ago a relatively short time in the history of our solar system.
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"Recent experiments on Martian meteorites such as the one found in Antarctica raise the possibility that primitive forms of life may have existed on Mars in its distant past."
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While the question of whether Mars had life remains unanswered, evidence indicates that at some time in its past Mars had the right combination of conditions for life a relatively warm climate, water, geysers and/or hot springs.
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The reason for Lucys strange behavior was clear she was using drugs again.
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I have chosen three courses for next semester World History, Economics, and Abnormal Psychology.
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Heres a list for the grocery store milk, bread, juice, and eggs.
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The meeting will begin at _____ sharp.
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The passage comes from John 3 16.
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I cant go for two reasons I don't have the time, and I dont have the money.
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Please bring the following items on the trip a sleeping bag, hiking boots, and a warm hat.
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In her recent book Dr. Marjorie Boynton discusses the declining number of adoptions "Many couples spend huge sums of money on fertility treatments without even considering the alternative of adoption."
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The choices for the banquet menu are as follows vegetable lasagna, baked scrod, or pasta primavera.
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The visiting team had characteristics we didnt speed, strength, and preparation.
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