Ice-Exposing Scarps

There are steep scarps facing the poles of both hemispheres that expose thick (up to 100 meters or more) sections of nearly pure water ice.
February 20, 2020
CreditNASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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There are steep scarps facing the poles of both hemispheres that expose thick (up to 100 meters or more) sections of nearly pure water ice.

View more information at https://www.uahirise.org/ESP_062853_2355.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of Caltech in Pasadena, Calif., manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, Washington. The HiRISE camera was built by Ball Aerospace and Technology Corporation and is operated by the University of Arizona.

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