File:Crater floor with ring mold craters and other features ESP 060858 2160 01.jpg

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Crater floor with ring mold craters and other features

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English: NASA gave this caption for the photo: The mid-latitudes of Mars are draped with deposits of water ice and dust on the order of tens of meters thick. The deposits are preserved to varying degrees, depending on latitude and the degree of dust cover that insulates and protects the ice from subliming away.

These mantling deposits are thought to have been mobilized from the polar caps and redeposited from the atmosphere millions of years ago during periods when Mars’ axial tilt was higher than it is today.

The floor of this crater appears filled with such deposits, as evidenced by surface textures such as pits, hollows, grooves, and other small filled craters. The material has undergone viscous flow, resulting in many curved ridges. Much of the original ice may have been lost to sublimation, but it is likely that a significant amount of ice remains.

Written by: Dan Berman (narration: Tre Gibbs) (18 November 2019)
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Source https://www.uahirise.org/ESP_060858_2160
Author Jim Secosky suggested NASA image this spot with HiRISE under the HiWish program. The image credit should be: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona/
Location on Mars35° 45′ 07.2″ N, 2° 06′ 18″ E View this and other nearby images on: Google Mapsinfo


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