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Ski Season ready to start?

Mister Nizz

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Martian Polar ice cap
Sure, if you have a year to spend in transit and a good suit for vacuum conditions.

Above is a picture of the MARTIAN POLAR ICECAP, one of a series of stunning photographs recently published in the New York Times' POSTCARDS FROM MARS.

The high-resolution camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has five times the resolution of the camera used by its predecessor, Mars Global Surveyor. In dusty areas that looked bland and featureless in pictures from Global Surveyor, Reconnaissance Orbiter revealed complex textures, providing scientists with clues about what is shaping the Martian landscape today.


Source: New York Times 2009