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Mars on Earth: Turkish lake may hold clues to ancient life on planet – Sight Magazine
As NASA’s rover Perseverance explores the surface of Mars, scientists hunting for signs of ancient life on the distant planet are using data gathered on a mission…
10 March 2021
YESIM DIKMEN
Lake Salda, TurkeyReuters
As NASA’s rover Perseverance explores the surface of Mars, scientists hunting for signs of ancient life on the distant planet are using data gathered on a mission much closer to home at a lake in south-west Turkey.
NASA says the minerals and rock deposits at Salda are the nearest match on earth to those around the Jezero Crater where the spacecraft landed and which is believed to have once been flooded with water.
A general view of Lake Salda…
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