Pitting from Sublimation of Underlying Dry-Ice Layer
NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took these images of an area near Mars south pole where coalescing or elongated pits are interpreted as signs of an underlying deposit of frozen carbon dioxide, or dry ice.
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NASA ID
PIA13987
Date Created
April 21, 2011
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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