PIA23515: Water Ice Marked on Mars Globe (Illustration)
In this illustration, Mars holds near-surface water ice that would be easily accessible for astronauts to dig up. The water ice was identified as part of a map using data from NASA orbiters.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Product Size:  960 x 540 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA23515.tif (1.004 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA23515.jpg (35.16 kB)  

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The annotated area of Mars in this illustration holds near-surface water ice that would be easily accessible for astronauts to dig up. The water ice was identified as part of a map using data from NASA orbiters.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image Addition Date:
2019-12-10