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Polar Stratigraphy

NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows three different orbits over the north polar cap in April 1999. Each shows a different part of the same ice-free trough.
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Credits: NASA/JPL/MSSS
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These three images were taken on three different orbits over the north polar cap in April 1999. Each shows a different part of the same ice-free trough. The left and right images are separated by a distance of more than 100 kilometers (62 miles). Note the similar layers in each image.