#hecates tholus

[skycrorg]

🚀🧊 new research suggests that beneath the dusty, ash-covered flanks of Martian volcanoes like Hecates Tholus there may lie vast glaciers of water ice, hinting at accessible reservoirs closer to the equator than the polar caps. 🌋📡 this discovery uses comparisons with volcanic glaciers on Earth to interpret surface features that point to ancient and possibly still buried ice on Mars.

Massive glaciers may be hidden beneath ash-covered Martian volcanoes

[spaceexp]

Hecates Tholus

Source: ASUMarsSpaceFlight

[spaceexp]

Hecates Tholus

Source: ASUMarsSpaceFlight