India's own Moon Impact Probe on board the country's maiden unmanned lunar craft Chandrayaan-I had also detected evidence of water on the moon in a finding confirmed by US space agency NASA which too had an instrument onboard Chandrayaan-I.
The new photo was taken on April 9 from a distance of about 115 million kilometres.
Scientists have found the first evidence that briny water may flow on the surface of Mars during the planet's summer months.
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