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Mars and its northern polar cap from the Hope Emirates Mars Mission

Mars and its northern polar cap from the Hope Emirates Mars Mission
Mars and its northern polar cap from the Hope Emirates Mars Mission This beautiful image of Mars was taken by the United Arab Emirates Space Agency's Hope Mars Mission. At the time, it was spring in the Northern Hemisphere on Mars, and the water ice of the northern polar cap was surrounded by a receding region of carbon dioxide ice (dry ice). Emirates Mars Mission / EXI / Jason Major