Salt deposits on Mars, satellite image. Polygonal fractures on the Martian surface, thought to be due to ancient salt deposits. These deposits are bil

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Salt deposits on Mars, satellite image. Polygonal fractures on the Martian surface, thought to be due to ancient salt deposits. These deposits are billions of years old. This is an infrared-red-blue (IRB) image obtained by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) sensor on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). Image published in 2016.

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