Geologists think that this fluidized ejecta crater indicates that a layer of permafrost, or water ice, lies just a few meters under the surface.

地质学家认为，这个具有流体化喷出物的陨石坑表明，在地表下几米深处有一层永久冻土层或水冰。

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The answer may be that virtually all the water on Mars is now locked in the permafrost layer under the surface, with more contained in the planet's polar caps.

答案可能是，现在火星上几乎所有的水都被锁在地表下的永久冻土层中，更多的水被包含在这个星球的极地冰帽中。

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There're two reasons for this: first, they live in the active layer, which, remember, contains water that doesn't penetrate the permafrost.

造成这种情况的原因有两个：首先，它们生活在活动层中，请记住，活动层中包含的水不会渗透永久冻土。

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Mr Smith, the engineer, warns that melting permafrost a mix of frozen mud and water that underlies much of the state will force the replacement of buildings and roads.

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The Odyssey orbiter first reported in 2001 that the region was rich in water ice, mostly in the form of permafrost.

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