Nasa’s Perseverance Mars rover has snapped some photos of the planet’s Jezero Crater, suggesting the region experienced significant flooding events billions of years ago. READ MORE:* Rocks, dust and a touchdown: Nasa's Perseverance rover offers new look at Mars from the ground* How did NASA's Martian rover come to land in a crater named after a tiny Balkan village? The surface images showed the order and position of rock layers, giving researchers information about the timing of geological deposits. It was similar to what geologists would expect to see in a river delta on Earth, Nasa said. “This is the key observation that enables us to once and for all confirm the presence of a lake and river delta at Jezero.

Source: Stuff October 07, 2021 22:41 UTC