Water on Mars

 

Liquid water has been discovered on the planet Mars. It has been known for a long time that a huge amount of water exists on Mars in the form on ice. The planet has ice caps at its pole similar to those on earth. The surface temperature is so low that there can be no exposed liquid water; however, what about below the surface? On earth there are bodies of liquid water within large bodies of ice known as sub-glacial lakes. The ice is warmed by pressure effects or volcanoes until part of it melts, such as Lake Vostok, see: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2012/02/lake-vostok-breached.html. Many scientists have wondered if the same is not possible on Mars. The answer has come from the ESA's Mars Express spacecraft. Large subglacial lakes have been found under the south polar icecap. The biggest is thirteen miles across and it is surrounded by several smaller ones. The discovery was made by analyzing radar data from the Mars Express' scans of the southern icecap. The scientists don't think the temperature is high enough at that location for pure water to be warmed enough to melt, so they suspect the water is mixed with several chemicals that act as a natural antifreeze, such as salt. The same question has arisen that did when Lake Vostok was explored; could there be life in those lakes? Liquid water is essential for earth life and so if Mars life is similar then, quite possibly. Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-54337779. We know that in the distant past there was surface water on Mars. This means it must have had a much thicker atmosphere and it must have been far hotter. In an age when life on earth had yet to develop, Mars was rather like the present day earth. I think it's quite likely, as I detail in the background links below. I also am fairly sure life still exists on Mars, and that the space agencies are turning a blind eye to it. It is interesting that this story has emerged just a couple of weeks after the revelations about Venus did, see: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2020/09/life-on-venus.html. The person on social media who made me aware of this story tagged me with one word: "disclosure?". It does seem as if the concept of extraterrestrial life is being made more fashionable. Are we being given some kind of cultural and psychological immunization so we won't lose our excrement when some even bigger bombshell is dropped?
See here for background: http://hpanwo-radio.blogspot.com/2020/09/programme-387-podcast-nick-redfern.html.
And: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2015/08/mars-monster.html.
And: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2017/12/cannonball-on-mars.html.
And: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2018/01/stick-like-figures-found-on-mars.html.
And: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2014/02/nasa-sued-over-mars-anomaly.html.