News from Mars: A mile-deep ice crater and marsquakes

By Ashley Strickland, CNN

Updated 1853 GMT (0253 HKT) December 20, 2018

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The cloud in the center of the image is actually a dust tower that occurred in 2010 and was captured by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The blue and white clouds are water vapor.
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The cloud in the center of the image is actually a dust tower that occurred in 2010 and was captured by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The blue and white clouds are water vapor.
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This perspective of Mars' Valles Marineris hemisphere from July 9, 2013, is actually a mosaic comprising 102 Viking Orbiter images. At the center is the Valles Marineris canyon system, over 2,000 kilometers long and up to 8 kilometers deep.
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This perspective of Mars' Valles Marineris hemisphere from July 9, 2013, is actually a mosaic comprising 102 Viking Orbiter images. At the center is the Valles Marineris canyon system, over 2,000 kilometers long and up to 8 kilometers deep.
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NASA's Curiosity rover took this selfie on October 11, 2019, in the "Glen Etive" region.
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NASA's Curiosity rover took this selfie on October 11, 2019, in the "Glen Etive" region.
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The InSight lander was imaged from above by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
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The InSight lander was imaged from above by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
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Is that cookies and cream on Mars? No, it's just polar dunes dusted with ice and sand.
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Is that cookies and cream on Mars? No, it's just polar dunes dusted with ice and sand.
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