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	A hole in Mars

dellarae

5-28-2007 9:40 PM

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nasa, caves, science, martian

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5-31-2007 10:22 AM

SteveJohnSteele

so they finally found the door

5-31-2007 5:12 PM

Tylast

Home to the Giant Marsworm.

6-2-2007 8:33 AM

RobinLKM

Wow, Martinal life stays underworld and this is the entrance? Hehe.. interesting finding.

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Black spots have been discovered on Mars that are so dark that nothing inside can be seen.
Quite possibly, 
<A href="http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00000984/">the spots</A> 
are entrances to deep 
<A href="http://www.nps.gov/wica/historyculture/images/Historic_Cave_Entrance.jpg">underground caves</A> capable of protecting 
<A href="http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/life/">Martian life</A>, were it to exist.  
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<A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsia_Mons">Arsia Mons</A>.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html">The above hole is about the size of a 
<A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_pitch">football field</A> 
and is so deep that it is completely 
<A href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060409.html">unilluminated</A> by the Sun.  
Such holes and 
<A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave">underground caves</A> 
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<A href="http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/future/">future spacecraft</A>, 
<A href="http://www-robotics.jpl.nasa.gov/">robots</A>, and even the next generation of 
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