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Another nail in the coffin for canals and tharks, as scientists claim Mars never even had oceans in the past, just Nemesis-class asteroid strikes<\/a> that scoured the surface like a self-cleaning oven and unleashed massive walls of water as the super-heated steam they produced precipitated down.<\/p>\n

Damn. Where’s Ray Bradbury when you need him?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Another nail in the coffin for canals and tharks, as scientists claim Mars never even had oceans in the past, just Nemesis-class asteroid strikes that scoured the surface like a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13199,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/06\/25\/potpourri_mid_week.html","url_meta":{"origin":3381,"position":0},"title":"Potpourri mid-week","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 25-Jun-08 1:04pm","format":false,"excerpt":"5 No BS Ways To Get Your Credit Score For Free [Equifax] Useful information for all. 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