Promethei Planum, an area seasonally covered with a more than 3500 meters thick layer of ice in the martian south polar region, was the subject of the High Resolution Stereo Camera's focus Sept ...

Promethei Planum, an area seasonally covered with a more than 3500 meters thick layer of ice in the Martian south polar region, has been photographed. The total amount of water ice contained at ...

That ocean is fed by "rivers"—nitrogen glaciers that drop from the mountains surrounding Sputnik Planum—that carry the chunks of water ice that we now see dotting its surface. Nature, 2016.

MORE TO EXPLORE Subsurface Radar Sounding of the South Polar Layered Deposits of Mars. Jeffrey J. Plaut in Science, Vol. 316, pages 92–95; April 6, 2007.

Based on that data, researchers believe Mars' southern polar ice cap features a liquid body of water hidden under ice, one likely filled with a type of brine containing things like salt and/or ...

Mountain sides of great water-ice blocks, varying from dark to light and some possibly revealing layers of Pluto crust, squeezed together to create the "al-Idrisi mountains." ...

Volcanic ash in Meridiani Planum Date: May 13, 2010 Source: European Space Agency Summary: Deposits of volcanic ash color a new view of the Meridiani Planum, as seen by the Mars Express High ...