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South Polar Ice Cap

Ice Cap
Dubbed martian "Swiss cheese," these raised sections of ice in the south polar ice cap and the circular depressions within them may be a combination of water ice and frozen carbon dioxide, or "dry ice." The area covered in this image is 1.9 by 5.6 miles, and the tallest portions of the raised ice mesas are about 14 feet high.


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