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A Slice of Ice

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This HiRISE image shows a deposit draping the surface like a blanket. The deposit is eroding away, and near the center of the image we can see a section that is bright blue in enhanced color, although the true color is likely reddish. This scarp is exposing ice that makes up most of the mantling deposit. Why can we only see ice on this small steep slope, instead of on level ground or the other eroded regions? The ice is covered by a layer of dust because exposed ice sublimates into the atmosphere, and only a steep, fresh exposure remains unburied. https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA24384 — NASA JPL · 2021. ABD devlet eseri: kamu mali, ticari islerde de serbestce kullanilabilir.

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