Astronomy / Space Permanent ice fills Korolev Crater on mars

[Para Handy]

"Mars Express beams back images of ice-filled Korolev crater"

https://www.theguardian.com/science...eams-back-images-of-ice-filled-korolev-crater

The stunning Korolev crater in the northern lowlands of Mars is filled with ice all year round owing to a trapped layer of cold Martian air that keeps the water frozen.

The 50-mile-wide crater contains 530 cubic miles of water ice, as much as Great Bear Lake in northern Canada, and in the centre of the crater the ice is more than a mile thick.

 

[Cosmos]

Yeah I saw that too. 50 miles wide, jaw dropped. Thats enough water to make a tonne of hydrogen and could also come in handy to combine with a bottle of black.

 

[Patrick_68000]

Excellent for the arrival of humans in the future.

Maybe there are frozen organisms under.

 

[Manticore]

Maybe there are frozen organisms under.

With each new find like this crater the potential becomes greater...............

 

[Patrick_68000]

With each new find like this crater the potential becomes greater...............

Do not forget the drilling equipment.