Originally Posted By: Amaranth Rose II
Man! That is some picture! How big across is that structure in the picture? Do we have anything to compare it to on Earth?


My sentiments exactly, it is some picture, especially as we have always been taught that Mars is hot, red, dry and dusty.

This is the Martian South Pole, the area shown is about the size of Texas. With some of the mountains being 2 miles high.
Apparently there is a smaller amount of sublimed ice present at the North Pole. (No HiRES picture as yet).

I posted some earlier information here in this Forum, last March 6th.
Here
http://www.scienceagogo.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showthreaded&Number=19001

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