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Eridania lake, Mars (artist's impression)

Eridania lake, Mars (artist's impression)

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Kevin Gill using data from NASA / JPL / USGS

Eridania lake, Mars (artist's impression)
Eridania Lake is a hypothesized ancient body of water on Mars, the source of Ma'adim vallis. Water that flowed through Ma'adim once emptied into Gusev crater on its way to the northern lowlands. This artwork uses topography data from Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter and synthetic clouds to imagine a Mars with enough water to fill Eridania.

Read more about Eridania lake on Wikipedia.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. For uses not allowed by that license, contact us to request publication permission from the copyright holder: Kevin Gill

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