Topographic map of the northern hemisphere of Mars showing previously proposed shorelines. The red star denotes the location of the landing site of the Zhurong rover, ~282 km to the north of the Deuteronilus shorelines. The data are color-coded MOLA elevation over MOLA shaded relief centered at the North Pole with the Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection. Credit: Science China Press
An international research team led by Professor Long Xiao from the School of Earth Sciences of China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) has discovered the presence of marine sedimentary rocks on the surface of Mars for the first time by comprehensively analyzing the scientific data obtained by the multispectral camera (MSCam) carried by the Zhurong rover...
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