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MRO-HIRISE-South-Pole-Ice-ESP_023464_0945.jpg

Detailed Description

The image is from the Martian southern polar region. CO2 ice shown here is about 10 feet thick, and the semi-circular depressions are about 200 ft across. 

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Public Domain.

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona