Oceans on Mars

I have to say it still astonishes me that no one has set foot on Mars. I’m aware that the technical problems are massive, but it’s quite possible that by the time the first human sets foot on the Red Planet all the humans who have ever set foot on the Moon will have passed away. I was eight years old when Apollo 11 landed, and I feel cheated out of my lunar colonies and my jet backpack (although admittedly no ’60s sci-fi ever predicted anything quite as cool as the iPhone — even Star Trek communicators couldn’t play music or movies).

Anyway, as part of my fascination with Mars, here’s a SeaWiFS visualization of what Mars’ oceans might have looked like (minus clouds, etc).

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