Flows of saltwater may ooze from rocky outcrops on Mars. Seasonal dark streaks on some Martian slopes could come from briny water, American and Swiss researchers suggest in the Aug. 5 Science.
Seasonal streaks appear stark in this enhanced-color image of an outcrop in Horowitz Crater on Mars.
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