Mars Climate, Now and In the Past

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Mars Pathfinder Results

MPF found Rounded Pebbles, Cobbles and possible Conglomerates at the landing site. The rocks, and the soils were suggestive of a catastrophic flood . This in turn suggests more warmth & more water in Martian past history. Here are some of the results.

  • Rounded Pebbles, Cobbles and possible Conglomerates were found - a result from analysis of the landing site, the rocks, and the soils.
    • showed that there were a variety of rocks deposited by a catastrophic flood
    • suggestive of a water cycle kind of like that of Earth
    • suggestive of more warmth & more water in Martian past history

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