Previous missions “discovered ripples formed by water flowing across the surface of ancient Mars, but it was uncertain if that water ever pooled to form lakes or shallow seas,” Grotzinger ...

This led the researchers to deduce that the lake was shallow, at less than about 2 meters deep. The researchers assert that the ripples represent wind blowing on open water. Some studies in the past ...

discovered ripples formed by water flowing across the surface of ancient Mars, but it was uncertain if that water ever pooled to form lakes or shallow seas. "The Curiosity rover discovered ...

In 2022, NASA's Curiosity Rover discovered two sets of wave ripples at the bottom of Gale Crater, suggesting the previous presence of shallow water that was open to the Martian atmosphere ...