Colorful Polar Layered Deposits
The North Polar layered deposits provide a record of recent climate changes on Mars as seen by NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft. Color variations between layers are due to differences in composition of the dust.
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NASA ID
PIA20541
Date Created
March 23, 2016
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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