Step aside, Santa Monica.
It seems that Mars once had beaches that would give the Californian coast a run for its money.
Their work bolsters previous research suggesting that Mars once hosted large bodies of water and a potentially habitable environment.
A Martian landscape, photographed by NASA’s Curiosity rover.© NASA/JPL-Caltech/ESA Standard Licence
We found evidence for wind, waves, no shortage of sanda proper, vacation-style beach.
Were seeing that the shoreline of this body of water evolved over time, Cardenas added.
We tend to think about Mars as just a static snapshot of a planet, but it was evolving.
Rivers were flowing, sediment was moving, and land was being built and eroded.
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NASAs Mars Rover Captures a Giant Dust Devil Swallowing Its Friend
Mmmm, dusty.
