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A Burst of Spring
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In the winter a layer of carbon dioxide ice dry ice covers the north polar sand dunes as shown by NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. In the spring the sublimation of the ice going directly from ice to gas causes a host of uniquely Martian phenomena.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineA Burst of Spring. NASA/JPL, 2010-03-10. Public domain. ID: PIA12957.