Mars topography. Computer artwork based on satellite images, showing the surface of Mars. Seen here is the Martian South Pole (Planum Australe) partia

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Mars topography. Computer artwork based on satellite images, showing the surface of Mars. Seen here is the Martian South Pole (Planum Australe) partially covered by a permanent 3-kilometre-thick polar ice cap (white), composed of frozen water and carbon dioxide

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Size: 3768px × 2374px
Photo credit: © NASA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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