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| Keywords: Dark Spots and Fans DVIDS727562.jpg en As winter turns to spring at the south polar ice cap of Mars the rising sun reveals dark spots and fans emerging from the cold polar night Using visual images left and temperature data right from the Thermal Emission Imaging system on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter scientists have built a new model for the origin of the dark markings Scientists propose the markings come from dark sand and dust strewn by high-speed jets of carbon-dioxide gas These erupt from under a layer of carbon-dioxide ice that forms each Martian winter Credit NASA/JPL/Arizona State University NASA Identifier SPD-MARS-odysseygallerymartianterrainDarkSpots-Fans_img4 2009-09-22 Glenn Research Center https //www dvidshub net/image/727562 727562 2012-10-17 14 05 WASHINGTON DC US PD-USGov Arizona State University Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ | ||||
