Mars has long been of interest to researchers and ordinary fans because of its well-known ice caps. However, the fact that the surface of the red planet can be chained in huge glaciers, few people knew. At least until such time as scientists from the University of Copenhagen published the results of their research, which suggests that under an impressive layer of dust envelop Mars zone of glaciers.

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Mars has long been of interest to researchers and ordinary fans because of its well-known ice caps. However, the fact that the surface of the red planet can be chained in huge glaciers, few people knew. At least until such time as scientists from the University of Copenhagen published the results of their research, which suggests that under an impressive layer of dust envelop Mars zone of glaciers.

the Glaciers were seen by scientists in the pictures, which were taken from different satellites orbiting the planet. Talk about the glaciers was carried out before, but nobody knew what they consisted of: water, carbon dioxide, or just dirt. Danish scientists are using computer modeling calculated the density of ice and compared it with the glaciers of the Earth, concluded that we are dealing with water.

According to the Danes, glaciers are grouped in the middle latitudes of both Northern and southern hemisphere.

"According to our calculations, in Martian glaciers contains more than 150 billion cubic meters of ice. If you put it evenly over the entire surface of the planet, the thickness is estimated to be 1.1 meters. Thus, the ice in the middle latitudes is an important part of the hydrological resources of Mars," said study co - author nannu Bjornholt-Karlsson resource Lenta.ru.

If not for the dust, due to low atmospheric pressure, the ice would turn into steam and evaporate into outer space.