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Flash floods on Mars!
enDecember 21, 2021
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About this Episode
Evidence shows that there may have been massive flash floods on Mars billions of years ago.
Mars Technica is produced by Los Alamos National Laboratory. Cover art by Joey Montoya. Photo illustration courtesy JPL/NASA. With special thanks to Jennifer Talhelm, Laura Mullane, Arthur Bishop and Camille Dickson.
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