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Victoria Corless

Mars Express orbiter takes a deep dive into ancient Red Planet lake (images)

An image of the region of Mars called Caralis Chaos, where copious water is thought to have once existed in the form of an ancient lake.

 A Mars orbiter has just taken a "deep dive" into an ancient Martian lake, figuratively, at least. 

Larger than any lake currently on Earth, the dried-up remnants of this ancient lakebed were just captured in incredible detail by the European Space Agency (ESA) Mars Express spacecraft, which has been orbiting the Red Planet since 2003.

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