Keyword: south pole of Mars
Dry Ice Pits on Mars
26.09.2011
Mars Polar Lander Target Ellipse
4.12.1999
26.09.2011
Part of Mars is defrosting. Around the South Pole of Mars, toward the end of every Martian summer, the warm weather causes a section of the vast carbon-dioxide ice cap to evaporate. Pits begin to appear and expand where the carbon dioxide dry ice sublimates directly into gas.
Mars Polar Lander Target Ellipse
4.12.1999
South is up in this recent composite color picture of Mars Polar Lander's target region near the Martian South Pole taken on November 28. Imaged by the orbiting Mars Global Surveyor's wide angle camera, the area covered is 105 kilometers across with the expected landing ellipse superposed.
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