Starship Asterisk*

This link may help your research.

http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=31026

Norval :)
And welcome to Asterisk* the place to discuss APOD's.

Excllent reply. Thank you :)

The white outcrops contain a high concentration of salts which removes all doubt water play a roll in their formation. The data is still being analyzed to determine how long and how deep the water pooled. some location suggest the water wasn't ever more than a few inches deep while examining crater wall, some locations show evidence of water being present over millions of years but may have only been evaporation pools.

http://athena1.cornell.edu/

Here's the link to Steve Squyres home page, plenty of news updates.

I'm surprised that more hasn't been said about the rather obvious signs of long term pooling water in the basin of the crater (under the sand).

Am I mistaken?