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posted by Fnord666 on Monday December 24 2018, @04:04PM   Printer-friendly
from the how-are-those-aluminum-wheels-working-out-for-you-now dept.

A photo released by the ESA Thursday shows a 51 mile wide flat circle of water-ice on Mars in the mile deep Korolev crater that resembles an alien ice skating rink

The water is frozen in a location that allows it to remain perpetually frozen and consists of 531 cubic miles of ice.

The photo was stitched together from five images captured by a high-resolution camera aboard the [Mars Orbiter Express], which has been circling the Red Planet for the past 15 years. Each of the five "strips" used to create the composite image was taken during a separate orbit.

The article notes that

"This particular crater is very close to the polar ice cap, and the inside of the crater is at a lower elevation and more shadowed, so it creates a cold trap where the ice is stable"

This is reminiscent of the Lunar ice containing cold traps that may be used for oxygen, water, and fuel by future moon installations.


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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by Gaaark on Monday December 24 2018, @05:23PM (1 child)

    by Gaaark (41) on Monday December 24 2018, @05:23PM (#778132) Journal

    Being Canadian, i guess, i thought of my two favourite hosers:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBOxGFA7Oig [youtube.com]

    "Oh, my left nut!"
    :)

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 24 2018, @06:33PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 24 2018, @06:33PM (#778148)

    "Take off, you hoooser"