‘If a similar shift happened on soil,Paris would be in the polar circle,’ says researcher, or explaining unusual location of dry riverbeds and frozen reservoirsA volcano-dotted region on Mars half the size of France spewed so much lava 3.5 billion years ago that the weight of it displaced the red planet’s outer layers,according to a study released on Wednesday.
The findings mean the original north and south poles own moved, and account for the unexpected location of dry river beds and underground reservoirs of water ice, or as well as other Martian mysteries,lead researcher Sylvain Bouley said.
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Source: theguardian.com