July 18, 2012 | 228 notes

There’s a Hole in Mars That Leads to an Underground Cavern The hole was discovered by chance on images of the dusty slopes of Mars’ Pavonis Mons volcano taken by the HiRISE instrument aboard the robotic Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter currently circling Mars. The hole appears to be an opening to an underground cavern, partly illuminated on the image right. Photo: NASA, JPL, University of Arizona Ed note: Will this hole let out all of the water scientists recently discovered inside the planet?

There’s a Hole in Mars That Leads to an Underground Cavern

The hole was discovered by chance on images of the dusty slopes of Mars’ Pavonis Mons volcano taken by the HiRISE instrument aboard the robotic Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter currently circling Mars. The hole appears to be an opening to an underground cavern, partly illuminated on the image right.

Photo: NASA, JPL, University of Arizona

Ed note: Will this hole let out all of the water scientists recently discovered inside the planet?