ESA’s Mars Express sees signs of a ‘frozen sea’


Pack-ice on Mars
 
This image, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft, during orbit 32, shows what appears to be a dust-covered frozen sea near the Martian equator. It shows a flat plain, part of the Elysium Planitia. The scene is a few tens of kilometres across, centred on latitude 5º North and longitude 150º East.


 
This map shows where the 'pack-ice' image is located, in an area between 5º North and 150º East on Elysium Planitia.



Release date: 27 April 2005