A view of the north pole of Mars (IMAGE)

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A view of the north pole of Mars

Caption

 A view of the north pole of Mars, created by taking images as seen by the European Space Agency’s Mars Express spacecraft and applying topographic data from the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter that was on board NASA’s now defunct Mars Global Surveyor mission.

Credit

ESA/DLR/FU Berlin/NASA MGS MOLA Science Team.

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License

Public Domain

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