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Perspective view of the South Polar Cap of Mars using Viking imagery draped over topography from the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter. White ice is residual carbon dioxide cap that resides on top of and protects the much thicker CO2 glaciers. The surrounding terrain is composed of red dust that overlies the mountains in the background and the 4 kilometer thick H2O ice cap that supports the CO2 glaciers. Credit: NASA data visualized using JMARS.

Carbon Dioxide Glaciers Are Moving At Mars’ South Pole

MessageToEagle.com | April 27, 2022

Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – Glaciers of carbon dioxide are moving, creating deposits kilometers thick today across the south polar region of Mars, something that could have

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