
This observation captured by NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a couple of landforms that may result from the loss of large amounts of ice from subsurface deposits: polygonal patterns of troughs and large scallop-shaped depressions.
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NASA ID
PIA17633
Date Created
July 24, 2013
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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