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Did Water or Lava Cause that Channel? The Answer is in How it Bends


Orbital images of Mars show how water has carved channels into the planet's surface. However, Mars also had a volcanic past when lava carved its own surface channels, confounding scientists' attempts to understand the planet's history.

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