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Endurance Crater Study

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There is evidence of grooves and craters in the land where water would have flowed similar to the rivers, channels, and lakes on Earth. The textbook notes runoff channels that were “found in the southern highland” (Chaisson & McMillan, 2014, p 245), similar to our rivers, and outflow channels where large amounts of water drained “from the southern highlands into the northern plains” (Chaisson & McMillan, 2014, p 245). Also, chemical compounds found in the rocks suggested that there was water on the planet. Rocks found in the huge Endurance crater showed evidence that they had been wet before. The crater was huge (over 300 feet long) which could hold an immense amount of water. Why do scientists think Mars once had an extensive ocean? Where

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