Tudung es kutub Mars

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]

Tudung kutub Utara pada 1999

Tudung kutub Selatan pada 2000

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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