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Posted on 03/03/2026 12:20:34 PM PST by MtnClimber
Explanation: If you could fly over the North Pole of Mars, what would you see? Images from ESA’s Mars Express mission in 2019 were compiled into the featured video which shows just such a trip. First you see below you a landscape tinted orange by rusted iron in the fine soil, with some land appearing darker due to exposed rock. Soon the northern polar cap comes into view, mostly white because of its reflective frozen water. Surrounding the polar cap is the North Polar Basin, a layered depression covered with dust and sand. The frames in the featured video were captured during northern Martian Spring when the carbon-dioxide ice is evaporating, leaving the underlying water-ice in the cap. Mars Express continues to study the Martian surface and look for clues about the Red Planet's ancient climate and potential for life.
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Today's image is a video at the source link.
What, no little green Martian Santa Claus, elves or reindeer?
I am disappointed.
Neato….🙂
Cool!
If you had SuperZoom on your web browser like me you would plainly see Elon skiing down the ice cap.
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