Watch these amazing pictures of Mars showing traces of water!

Did you notice the rotating, red ‘O’ in the Google’s logo today? It is Google’s tribute to the recent discovery of NASA scientists—they claim to have found evidences of free-flowing water on Mars, the Red Planet.

This clearly has increased the possibilities of existence on life of the Red Planet; something that we all have been longing to hear. So, to celebrate the good news, Google gave the world a dedicated doodle, which has the Red Planet sipping water.

According to the US space agency, their NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has found the strongest evidence of liquid water flowing intermittently on the present-day Mars.

“Our quest on Mars has been to ‘follow the water,’ in our search for life in the universe, and now we have convincing science that validates what we’ve long suspected,” said John Grunsfeld, astronaut and associate administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington. “This is a significant development, as it appears to confirm that water -- albeit briny -- is flowing today on the surface of Mars.”

Not just this, NASA has also released some interesting images of the Red planet. Take a look!



These dark, narrow, 100 meter-long streaks called recurring slope lineae flowing downhill on Mars are inferred to have been formed by contemporary flowing water. Recently, planetary scientists detected hydrated salts on these slopes at Hale crater, corroborating their original hypothesis that the streaks are indeed formed by liquid water. The blue color seen upslope of the dark streaks are thought not to be related to their formation, but instead are from the presence of the mineral pyroxene. The image is produced by draping an orthorectified (Infrared-Red-Blue/Green(IRB)) false color image (ESP_030570_1440) on a Digital Terrain Model (DTM) of the same site produced by High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (University of Arizona).

Credits: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona



Dark narrow streaks called recurring slope lineae emanating out of the walls of Garni crater on Mars. The dark streaks here are up to few hundred meters in length. They are hypothesized to be formed by flow of briny liquid water on Mars. The image is produced by draping an orthorectified (RED) image (ESP_031059_1685) on a Digital Terrain Model (DTM) of the same site produced by High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (University of Arizona).

Credits: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

Here is an animation that we found on NASA website. It simulates a fly-around look at one of the places on Mars where dark streaks advance down slopes during warm seasons, possibly involving liquid water. This site is within Hale Crater. The streaks are roughly the length of a football field.