Science Question:
Our research focused on geothermal and volcanic structures in the Tharsis region of Mars. Using relative crater dating techniques, absolute crater dating techniques, and by analyzing lava flows and formations, we were able to examine how the region formed and what environmental factors influenced its physical structure.

Main Results:
It can be estimated that our image is just over one million years old. The age of the surface means that there was probably volcanic activity on Mars within the last one million years. This means that as recently as one million years ago, Mars could have had a thicker atmosphere due to volcanic eruptions. A thicker atmosphere would in turn allow liquid water, greatly increasing the chances of life being on Mars within the last ten million years. Although no form of life is known to survive for ten million years in an inhospitable environment, there could be life living below the surface that has not yet been discovered.

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