
Why an Ancient Catastrophic Flood Channel on Mars Holds the Clues to Alien Life
Carved by catastrophic ancient floods over 3.7 billion years ago, the clay-layered gorge of Mawrth Vallis preserves the premier record of a habitable Mars.
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Carved by catastrophic ancient floods over 3.7 billion years ago, the clay-layered gorge of Mawrth Vallis preserves the premier record of a habitable Mars.

High in the limestone ridges of Imereti, an underground river surges through flooded cavern lakes before plunging 230 feet down a sheer three-tiered cliff.

Plunging through the basalt plateau of Mondulkiri, Bou Sra Waterfall forms a wild three-tiered torrent deep within Cambodia's eastern borderlands.

Carved by colossal catastrophic floods, this vast Martian channel stretches across thousands of kilometers to empty into the lowlands of Chryse Planitia.