Martian Lakes on Mars further proof that the Crystal Brotherhood was correct.

Martian Lakes on Mars further proof that the Crystal Brotherhood was correct.
Lakes on Mars further proof that the Crystal Brotherhood was Correct. The image above shows three Martian lakes. They are just that! Frozen lakes near the south polar region. However they are not quite like lakes on Earth. Though there may indeed be water ice in these lakes like there is under the polar ice cap, the top layer is CO2 ice. The presence of the blackish material could indicate some type of life form similar to lichens on Earth. The fact that the black areas have been spotted in several regions on Mars and change with the seasons is further indication of possible life. Lichens from Earth would actually make a great transplant to the Martian environment as they require little water, can stand extremes of temperature, and consume CO2 like most plants. They do however give off a large volume of oxygen for such small plants, which makes them excellent candidates for early terra forming needs.
The European Space Agency released a rare photo of a Martian ice lake in the far northern reaches of the planet. Capping a swirl of dunes at the bottom of a 23-mile-wide (35-kilometer-wide) crater, the frozen lake is thought to exist year-round. The modest temperature and pressure changes in this latitude would not be enough to allow the ice to melt or evaporate.
The new image above, taken by the agency's Mars Express probe, shows largely true colors. But the depth of the crater's ice-fringed, 1.2-mile-deep (2-kilometer-deep) ridges is exaggerated by a factor of three.
Water, a key ingredient for life, is believed to have once flowed on Mars, etching the gorges that crisscross the red planet. Today water ice is abundant underground, cakes the poles, and may even form frozen, buried seas (see photo). But it is unusual to find lonely patches of ice away from the poles.