Dust Cover (IMAGE)

University of Copenhagen - Niels Bohr Institute

Dust Cover

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The image from the High Resolution Stereo Camera shows that a thick layer of dust covers the glaciers, so they appear as the surface of the ground, but radar measurements show that there are glaciers composed of frozen water underneath the dust.

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(Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin).

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(Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin).

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