Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1909 — RIFT IN CAP OF MARS [ARTICLE]

RIFT IN CAP OF MARS

Covering Disappeared After Previous Observance of Same Phenomenon. Boston, May 14.—Rifts in the south polar cap of Maos have been reported by Lowell from his observatory at Flagstaff, A. T. Professor Lowell said that two rifts were observed. The phenomenon is a repetition of one observed previously. The former phenomenon was followed by a disappearance of the entire cap, which is believed to be of snow r .