Perennial Frost in a Crater on the Northern Plains
Most surface ice on Mars is temporary. The polar layered deposits are thick stacks of permanent water ice at each pole, and the South Polar residual cap may be a permanent although dynamic layer of carbon dioxide ice as seen by NASA Mars Reconnaissanc
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PIA18832
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October 15, 2014
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JPL
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