South Polar Ice Cap -Potential to Cover Planet 36 Feet Deep in Water
New maping measurements of Mars' south polar region by a joint NASA-Italian Space Agency instrument on the European Space Agency's Express spacecraft indicate extensive frozen water. The polar region contains enough frozen water to cover the whole planet in a liquid layer approximately 11 meters (36 feet) deep.
The Express orbiter's radar instrument has made more than 300 virtual slices through layered deposits covering the pole to map the ice. The radar sees through icy layers to the lower boundary, which is as deep as 3.7 kilometers (2.3 miles) below the surface.
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