Discoveries made with the High Resolution Stereo Camera on the Mars Express orbiter show that, as recently as a few million years ago, the surface of Mars was being shaped by flowing water, lava and ice.
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Baker, V. Picturing a recently active Mars. Nature 434, 280–283 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/434280a
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