Tudung es kutub Mars

Tudung kutub Utara pada 1999

Tudung kutub Selatan pada 2000

Planet Mars memiliki dua tudung es kutub permanen. Pada musim dingin di kutub tersebut, wilayah tersebut mengalami kegelapan dan menyebabkan deposisi 25–30% atmosfer dalam kandungan es CO₂ (es kering).^[1]

Pranala luar

http://seg.org/podcast/Post/4604/Episode-10-Remote-sensing-on-Mars Podcast describing the use of SHARAD radar data to explore the ice caps
https://sharad.psi.edu/3D/movies/SHARAD_PB3D_depth_20161223.mp4 Diarsipkan 2018-04-17 di Wayback Machine. High-resolution movie showing the interior of the north polar ice cap in 3D, as determined with SHARAD radar data
https://sharad.psi.edu/3D/movies/SHARAD_PA3D_depth_20170105.mp4 Diarsipkan 2018-04-17 di Wayback Machine. High-resolution movie showing the interior of the south polar ice cap in 3D, as determined with SHARAD radar data

Referensi

^ Mellon, J. T.; Feldman, W. C.; Prettyman, T. H. (2003). "The presence and stability of ground ice in the southern hemisphere of Mars". Icarus. 169 (2): 324–340. Bibcode:2004Icar..169..324M. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2003.10.022.

[icarus169-1] Mellon, J. T.; Feldman, W. C.; Prettyman, T. H. (2003). "The presence and stability of ground ice in the southern hemisphere of Mars". Icarus. 169 (2): 324–340. Bibcode:2004Icar..169..324M. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2003.10.022.

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