Mars With Water Ice
For years, we have heard that there will one day be a move to colonize Mars. However, in order to do this, it’s clear that something like terraforming would take centuries and might not even work. The atmosphere on Mars is very thin, especially compared to Earth. That is why you do not see any life on the barren planet, outside Martian Manhunter of course, but he’s an exception. It is clear that Mars was once similar to Earth and likely did contain an atmosphere that allowed for life to be possible. Yet if we’re going to live here one day, we need to be able to have a fresh supply of water.
While it is hard to believe now, Mars used to have weather similar to us where rain would come down on the regular. The rain came down so often that water was able to create many of Mars’ vast crater lakes and valley networks. Of course, rain last happened here roughly 3.7 billion years ago. That rain build-up made it underground and eventually led to ice formation. However, there is still some ice that can be seen above ground near the poles. The image taken above shows ice in one of the craters, as you can see. NASA and the ESA have found several more craters just like this too.