Mystery AtlasMars Subglacial Lake Claim
The 2018 claim, based on Mars Express MARSIS radar data, that a 20-kilometre-wide body of liquid water lies beneath the planet's south polar ice cap; subsequent analysis has disputed the interpretation, proposing that the bright radar reflection may instead come from clay or other minerals rather than liquid water.
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Mars Subglacial Lake Claim is an instance of Water on Mars.
Mars Subglacial Lake Claim is frequently compared to Recurring Slope Lineae — Both are cases where an initial liquid-water interpretation was challenged by a competing mineral or dry-process explanation.