News Space A ‘lake’ on Mars may be surrounded by more pools of water New radar data add to evidence of water under Mars’ south pole, but it’s not “a slam dunk yet” New radar data from the Mars Express orbiter suggests that a possible lake 1.5 kilometers under the ice at Mars’ south pole (shown) is surrounded by pools of liquid water. J. Cowart/FU Berlin/DLR/ESA (CC BY-SA 3.0) Share this:EmailFacebookTwitterPinterestPocketRedditPrint By Christopher Crockett September 28, 2020 at 11:00 am Fresh intel from Mars is sure to stir debate about whether liquid water lurks beneath the planet’s polar ice.