Scientists at NASA on 27 September 2012
announced that the Mars Curiosity Rover has discovered stream bed
gravel, which hints towards the presence of waist-deep water on the
surface of Mars in the past.
The co-investigator of Curiosity
Science, William Dietrich from University of California, Berkeley stated
that for the first time water transported gravel was seen on Mars.
Rebecca Williams a scientist at Curiosity Rover stated that the shape of
these gravels proves that they have been transported by some means but
its size proves that it can’t be transported by the wind or some other
medium of erosion.
The findings of the scientists following
the proofs provided by the cameras of the curiosity rover indicate that
once upon a time the dry planet Mars was once wet with the presence of
water that followed their for millions or thousands of years.
Scientists at NASA concluded that
rover’s central goal was to identify a potentially habitable site on
Mars and till now it succeeded in achieving it. Some proofs related
to presence of flowing water near by the landing site of rover, the Gale
Crater were determined by the presence of pebbles and gravels in the
area.
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