Space & Astronomy
Students discover cave on Mars
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T.K. RandallJune 22, 2010 ·
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Image Credit: NASA
A group of students have discovered a cave on Mars using the cameras on board NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter.
The cave appears on the images as a black feature thought to be a hole punched in to a hollow lava tube. Scientists estimate the hole could be as much as 115 metres deep.
A group of 16 seventh-grade students have found a cave on Mars using the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) camera aboard NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter. The schoolgoers were using the THEMIS to find lava tubes on the Red Plant when they came across a small black feature straddling one of the tubes.
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