NASA Orbiter Reveals Big Changes in Mars’ Atmosphere

Posted by brandoniswrite on February 8, 2011

  A newly found, buried deposit of frozen carbon dioxide — dry ice — near the south pole of Mars contains about 30 times more carbon dioxide than previously estimated to be frozen near the pole. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Sapienza University of Rome/Southwest Research Institute   This cross-section view of underground layers near Mars’ south pole [...]

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