This lent legitimacy to the Mars colonization movement. Then I started reading those who were disturbed by the Mars colonization phenomenon, like astronomer Lucianne Walkowicz.

Scientists used the SHAllow RADar (SHARAD) instrument on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to study the glaciers.

Other areas of Mars contain dust storms made of carbon dioxide clouds. Studying these cloud formations helps experts to better understand how storms form and occur on the Red Planet.