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Citizen Scientists Seek South Pole ‘Spiders’ on Mars

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Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona

ARIZONA–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2016. This image shows spidery channels eroded into Martian ground. It is an example from high-resolution observation of more than 20 places that were chosen in 2016 on the basis of about 10,000 volunteers’ examination of lower-resolution images of larger areas near Mars’ south pole.

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These sharper looks use the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The volunteers, through the Planet Four:…

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