Frozen Mars North Pole Ice Patterns Observed by HiRISE

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	Frozen Mars North Pole Ice Patterns Observed by HiRISE

tabsey

10-13-2008 3:26 AM

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Have to get out the mittens for this trip.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/f096a00f-0c3e-43cc-aee7-74c1e80db736/093D54BF-11AF-49BB-B711-A486DAF4FF08/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/11/frozen-mars-north-pole-ice-patterns-observed-by-hirise/" href="http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/11/frozen-mars-north-pole-ice-patterns-observed-by-hirise/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.universetoday.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/11/frozen-mars-north-pole-ice-patterns-observed-by-hirise/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.universetoday.com/img/B4639F86-EFAD-403B-B219-9EAFBCBDA03F" alt="Translucent ice and sand dunes in North Polar Region (NASA/JPL/University of Arizona)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/11/frozen-mars-north-pole-ice-patterns-observed-by-hirise/"><P class="wp-caption-text">Translucent ice and sand dunes in North Polar Region. Image rotated 90° clockwise (NASA/JPL/University of Arizona)</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/11/frozen-mars-north-pole-ice-patterns-observed-by-hirise/">As the Phoenix <A rel="external" title="" class="alinks_links" href="http://www.universetoday.com/guide-to-space/mars/">Mars</A> lander will agree, it's cold near Mars' North Pole. Phoenix is currently seeing the winter frost encroach on its location, bright patches of ice <A href="http://www.universetoday.com/2008/08/16/phoenix-camera-snaps-frost-on-mars/">appearing on the rocks surrounding it</A>. Another sure sign of winter at this high latitude is the loss of light; soon day will turn to night, forcing <A href="http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/09/missions-end-approaching-for-phoenix-lander/">Phoenix to enter a Sun-deprived coma</A>.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/11/frozen-mars-north-pole-ice-patterns-observed-by-hirise/">But as one Mars mission draws to a close, other missions continue their diligent watch over the planet 24/7. One such mission is NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), using its High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (or HiRISE for short) to pick out the tiny surface features on the Red Planet from around 320 km (200 miles) above.
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