Sentences with phrase «crater lake where»

The pits are huge, circular, moonscape scars in the earth with shaley slopes that dump runoff water into green crater lakes where no plant dares grow and no bird dares swim.

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The list of places where NASA's next Mars rover, due to launch in 2020, could land has been narrowed down to three: Jezero crater, the dry remains of an ancient lake; Northeast Syrtis, which used to host hot springs; and the Columbia Hills, previously explored by NASA's Spirit rover.

One of the landing sites, Jezero crater, contains a paleo - delta, where proponents believe organic matter (if ever present on Mars) could have been concentrated out on the toe (low energy) part of the delta, which emptied into an ancient lake.

Indeed, the Curiosity rover has found strong, in - situ, evidence that a large freshwater lake used to exist inside Gale crater where it is exploring, as well as fast - flowing streams emptying into that lake.

By New Year's Eve, planetary scientist Phil Bland and his team from Western Australia's Curtin University had made their way to Lake Eyre, where they had tracked the space rock's trajectory to a crater in the lake's solid salt crLake Eyre, where they had tracked the space rock's trajectory to a crater in the lake's solid salt crlake's solid salt crust.

Tour through the ancient volcanic Tropical Tablelands region, where you can swim in beautiful crater lakes, visit picturesque waterfalls and even spot the very elusive Platypus!