Kevin Williams may have found one of the best places on Mars to look for past or present life. The region lies at the merger of two ancient riverbeds, the Samara and Paraná-Loire Valles systems. But the past presence of water is only part of the reason why the area intrigues Williams and his colleagues at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
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