Martian Crater Gusev could once be a sea, Spirit found out

The Spirit Mark Road, who has long been in the shadow of his twin Opportunity, which found water on Mars, pleased scientists. In the crater of Gusev, which is explored by Spirit, a stone was found on the formation of which, according to experts, the current jets of water had influenced.

According to AP, the consequences of water exposure were found on one of the volcanic stones with an uncharacteristic structure. Experts believe that usually “layered” and “porous” structure was broken by streams of water, which “broke” the pores and glued the layers on the surface of the stone.

NASA argues that these conclusions are absolutely accurate: specialists spent a whole week on analysis of this stone. According to Hep Maxwin, a member of the scientific team of the University of Tennessee, "this is, perhaps, our best thing we could do in Gusev’s crater." “It was very difficult to find evidence of the existence of water in Gusev’s crater,” he told reporters at a press conference in the reactive laboratory in Pasaden, from where the Americans manage the Mars engines.

Postcard "Wish You Were Here" is an Aprilian joke of laboratory specialists in Pasaden. All other photos are real. In a large format, a photo of Martian stones formed by water can be seen on Spaceref.com .

Recall, the twin of Spirit - the Opportunity Mark Road, located on the other side of the planet, reported the discovery of the currently evaporated "Luzhitsa" with salt water on March 23. On March 29, scientists also stated that methane was discovered on the Red Planet, which could also indicate life on Mars.