File:Evaporating ice on Mars Phoenix lander image.jpg

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English: These colour images were acquired by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Surface Stereo Imager on the 21st and 25th days of the mission, or Sols 20 and 24 (June 15 and 19, 2008).

These images show sublimation of ice in the trench informally called "Dodo-Goldilocks" over the course of four days.

In the lower left corner of the left image, a group of lumps is visible. In the right image, the lumps have disappeared, similar to the process of evaporation.

Date

June 15 and June 19, 2008

Source

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/images/press/sol_020_024_change_dodo_v2.html

Author

NASA/JPL

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