MAKE A MEME View Large Image This is another photo from orbit of the polar Martian dunes, taken in April 2008 near the North Pole of Mars. The white areas are [interpreted to be] melting/vaporizing CO2 snow. According to the NASA photo interpreters, the dark streaks ...
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Keywords: This is another photo from orbit of the polar Martian dunes, taken in April 2008 near the North Pole of Mars. The white areas are [interpreted to be] melting/vaporizing CO2 snow. According to the NASA photo interpreters, the dark streaks are damp sand (water-wet, so I question the CO2 ice ID. Probably a mix), and the "trees" are optical illusions. And very good ones! This is another photo from orbit of the polar Martian dunes, taken in April 2008 near the North Pole of Mars. The white areas are [interpreted to be] melting/vaporizing CO2 snow. According to the NASA photo interpreters, the dark streaks are damp sand (water-wet, so I question the CO2 ice ID. Probably a mix), and the "trees" are optical illusions. And very good ones!
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