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Mantled Terrain in the Southern Mid-Latitudes
Summary
This mantle observed by NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is thought to be deposited as snow during periods when the angle of the tilt of Mars rotational axis-called obliquity-is much higher, which last happened around 10 million years ago.
NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona
Date
27/08/2014
Location
California Institute of Technology - Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 34.20139, -118.17341
Source
NASA
Copyright info
Public Domain Dedication (CC0)
