permanent polar ice caps of water ice and some dry ice (frozen carbon dioxide, CO2). Above kilometer-thick layers of water ice permafrost, slabs of dry ice are...

"Strong MARSIS Radar Reflections From the Base of Martian South Polar Cap May Be Due to Conductive Ice or Minerals". Geophysical Research Letters. 48 (13)...

Earth, its climate has important similarities, such as the presence of polar ice caps, seasonal changes and observable weather patterns. It has attracted...

polar ice cap composed of frozen water and carbon dioxide about 3 km thick. A seasonal ice cap forms on top of the permanent one during the Martian winter...

320 km in diameter. Abalos Mensa Aspledon Undae Martian polar ice caps Planum Australe, the south polar plain [1] and [2] give Vastitas Borealis starting...

proposed terraforming Mars by detonating nuclear weapons on the Martian polar ice caps to vaporize them and release carbon dioxide and water vapor into...

than during summer, because some atmospheric CO2 freezes on the Martian polar ice caps. MAGGIE has a cruise lift coefficient CL of 3.5, nearly an order...

the polar ice cap. Expeditions were planned to numerous locations across the Martian north polar caps, including the Chasma Boreale and the polar layered...

crater is located on the Planum Boreum, the northern polar plain which surrounds the north polar ice cap, near the Olympia Undae dune field. The crater rim...

Circulation Climate of Mars Martian surface Geography of Mars Outflow channels Geology of Mars Martian dichotomy Martian polar ice caps Solar eclipses on Mars...

seasonal Martian polar ice caps are mostly dry ice, frozen carbon dioxide atmosphere (CO2). Comets falling on Mars bring some water and ice to Mars. The...

dry ice covering polar ice caps. While Mars contains water in larger amounts, most of it is dust covered water ice at the Martian polar ice caps. The...

of the north polar cap 1.5 – 2 km beneath the surface. Together, the volume of ice present in the Martian north and south polar ice caps is similar to...

of dust at the south pole. In planning the Mars Polar Lander, the potential water content in the Martian south pole was the strongest determining factor...

Byrne, S.; Ingersoll, AP (2003-02-14). "A Sublimation Model for Martian South Polar Ice Features". Science. 299 (5609): 1051–1053. Bibcode:2003Sci...299...

large statite, placed near the polar terminator of the planet Mars, could be focused on one of the Martian polar ice caps to significantly warm the planet's...

The Martian dichotomy, is a geomorphical feature of Mars, characterized by the contrast between the Southern and the Northern hemispheres. The two hemispheres'...

structure of the Martian polar ice caps. It also gathers planet-wide information about underground layers of regolith, rock, and ice that might be accessible...

Martian climate Geysers on Mars – Putative CO2 gas and dust eruptions on Mars Mare Australe quadrangle – Map of Mars Martian polar ice caps – Polar water...

similar seasons. There is water on Mars, most of it frozen at the Martian polar ice caps, and some of it underground. However, there are many obstacles to...

source with them. This makes them unsuitable for investigating the Martian polar ice cap. Instead, NASA added a pump to the cryobot design, to raise meltwater...

the astronomical and meteorological sense. They could also see Mars's polar ice caps shrinking and growing with these changing seasons. The similarities...

1.2 meters spread evenly over the Martian surface. However, this amount is a small fraction of the current water ice stores on Mars. Another study found...

average concentration of CO2 stable in the modern Martian atmosphere. CO2 ice clouds can form in winter polar regions and at very high altitudes (>50 km) in...

Perspective view of the Martian polar ice cap and Rupes Tenuis with Abalos Mensa on the left of the picture....

Mars Glaciers on Mars Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera Martian polar ice caps Smellie, J., B. Edwards. 2016. Glaciovolcanism on Earth and Mars...

of planum) are sometimes treated as synonymous with the polar ice caps, but the permanent ice (seen as the high albedo, white surfaces in images) forms...

Martian geysers (or CO 2 jets) are putative sites of small gas and dust eruptions that occur in the south polar region of Mars during the spring thaw...

dark area that lies north of the main belt. Bright areas, excluding the polar caps and transient clouds, include Hellas, Tharsis, and Arabia Terra. The bright...

thoroughbred racing bloodstock. Giancomo Miraldi observes Martian polar ice caps as "white spots" at the Martian poles. January 1 Soame Jenyns, English writer and...