Slideshow: Scientists Watch Mars Weather

credit NASA/GSFC/JPL/MOLA Project/Malin Space Science SystemsThis false-color image of the northern polar ice cap on Mars uses different colors to show the relative height of surface features. Higher elevations are indicated by warm colors and lower elevations are shown by cool colors. credit NASA/GSFC/JPL/MOLA Project/Malin Space Science SystemsA true-color image of the northern polar ice […]


credit NASA/GSFC/JPL/MOLA Project/Malin Space Science Systems
This false-color image of the northern polar ice cap on Mars uses different colors to show the relative height of surface features. Higher elevations are indicated by warm colors and lower elevations are shown by cool colors.

credit NASA/GSFC/JPL/MOLA Project/Malin Space Science Systems
A true-color image of the northern polar ice cap on Mars. Scientists used precise measurements from the Mars Global Surveyor to generate a 3-D topographic view.