A ‘lake’ on Mars may be surrounded by more pools of water
New radar data add to evidence of water under Mars’ south pole, but it’s not “a slam dunk yet”
![Mars south pole](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/092820_cc_mars-lake_feat.jpg?fit=1028%2C579&ssl=1)
New radar data from the Mars Express orbiter suggests that a possible lake 1.5 kilometers under the ice at Mars’ south pole (shown) is surrounded by pools of liquid water.
J. Cowart/FU Berlin/DLR/ESA (CC BY-SA 3.0)