Flight over the north polar ice cap of Mars
The north polar ice cap of Mars appears like a gigantic spiral out of ice and snow. Dark troughs in which wind-transported dust and deposits accumulated, alternate with white, ice-covered mounds.
Video: "Flight over the North Polar Ice Cap of Mars" from 2017 [2:19 min]
Data: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin, NASA MGS MOLA Science Team, NASA AMES
Copyright: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO)
The animated permanent ice cap has a diameter of about 1100 kilometers and stands up to three kilometers above the surroundings. It is also termed summer ice cap and is predominantly made up of water ice.
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Link to press release: North Polar Ice Cap (May 11, 2017) |