Credit High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment / University of Arizona
Rock-covered glaciers in Wyoming are helping scientists understand the glaciers on Mars.
University of Arizona researcher Tyler Meng and his team want to know how water has moved across the red planet over time.
Sulphur Creek Rock Glacier in the Absaroka Mountains of Wyoming. The red lines show the locations where Meng and his team have collected radar data.
Credit Tyler Meng / University of Arizona At the polar latitudes, ice is actually stable at the surface, so that s why we get a more traditional ice cap at the north and south pole, he said. But the big question is where the rest of the water is on Mars and where it went or where it s being trapped today.