What did we find out?

The infrared camera is really cool. It sees things in a different way than our eyes see things. When we looked at the two desert locations with our eyes, everything looked the same. We couldn't tell any difference between the area near the springs and the area farther away from it. Everything looked sandy and brown. But with the infrared camera, we noticed a definite difference. The camera can tell the differences in sand temperature in places where water either cools it down or where a hot spring warms it up. So, as long as the water was near the surface of the sand, even if it was out of normal sight, the camera could find it! That's how the Mars satellites are trying to find water on Mars right now! more...