Bright Lower Echo in Radargram of South Polar Layered Deposits
The upper image is a radargram from the Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionospheric Sounding (MARSIS), showing data from the subsurface of Mars in the ice-rich layered deposits that surround the south pole.
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Virtual Slice Through Icy Layered Deposits Near Mars' South Pole
The upper image is a radargram from the Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionospheric Sounding (MARSIS), showing data from the subsurface of Mars in the ice-rich layered deposits that surround the south pole.
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Thickness of Mars' South Polar Layered Deposits
This map shows the thickness of the south polar layered deposits of Mars, an ice-rich geologic unit that was probed by the Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionospheric Sounding (MARSIS).
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Lower Boundary of Icy Layers Covering Mars' South Polar Region
This map shows the topography of the south polar region of Mars, including topography buried by thick deposits of icy material.
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Upper Surface of Icy Layers Covering Mars' South Polar Region
This map shows the topography of the south polar region of Mars. The data were collected by the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter aboard NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor orbiter between 1997 and 2001.
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