Spectral color map from the CRISM instrument on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (IMAGE)

York University

Spectral color map from the CRISM instrument on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

Caption

Spectral color map from the CRISM instrument on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter draped over HiRISE imagery at the edge of the south polar ice cap. Specific colors from this map indicate the presence of smectite clays, an important discovery that helps to explain the MARSIS radar observations

Credit

NASA/JPL/UA.

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