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Mars craters reveal ice

Discover how the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reveals water ice beneath Martian surface in new low-latitude craters. Explore more inside!

Written byPhil Plait

2010-01-12T19:00:06 | 1 min read

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Speaking of ice on Mars, the folks with the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter made a cool video talking about new low-latitude craters exposing water ice beneath the Martian surface: You can watch more HiRISE videos at the MRO video gallery. Lots of cool stuff there!

Related posts: Mars is Sublime Water on the Moon...? Yup. It's real.

Tip o' the dry ice crater to the HiRISE Twitter feed.

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