This new image from ESA’s Mars Express shows the distinctive and fascinating Mawrth Vallis, one of the most promising locations on Mars in our search for signs of life.
The region is thickly coated in light-toned clays containing silicate minerals; these deposits – some 200 m deep in places – are the most widespread found on Mars, and are obviously visible in these new images. The light clays are overlaid by darker ‘caps’, which can also be clearly seen and are thought to be of volcanic origin. The silicates within these clays are evidence that the surface has been altered by water, hinting at a habitable environment in the past.
Huh, how come they used Welsh in the name?
Interesting, didn't even occur to me that it's indeed Welsh for Mars.
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/craters-mars-named-after-welsh-11372131
“ Dr North said Mawrth Vallis was a name proposed by American astronomer, Carl Sagan, and looks like a river valley.
“Mars was wetter than it is now and there were rivers and streams and oceans on Mars,” Dr North explained. "
So once upon a time that places looked like Wales.
Sadly I feel that humanity is working very hard to again match the appearance of both places and planets...