These images of Mars show the two polar ice caps. The northern ice cap can be seen in the left image, which was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in March 1997. The southern ice cap is visible in the right image, which was captured by Hubble in August 2003.
Images courtesy Phil James (Univ. Toledo), Todd Clancy (Space Science Inst., Boulder, CO), Steve Lee (Univ. Colorado), and NASA [North Pole image]; and NASA, J. Bell (Cornell U.) and M. Wolff (SSI) [South Pole image].

You can see the polar ice caps in these two pictures of Mars. The ice cap at the North Pole is visible near the top of the left picture. The ice cap at the South Pole is visible near the bottom of the right picture. Both of these pictures were taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.
Images courtesy Phil James (Univ. Toledo), Todd Clancy (Space Science Inst., Boulder, CO), Steve Lee (Univ. Colorado), and NASA [North Pole image]; and NASA, J. Bell (Cornell U.) and M. Wolff (SSI) [South Pole image].

You can see the polar ice caps in these two pictures of Mars. The ice cap at the North Pole is visible near the top of the left picture. The ice cap at the South Pole is visible near the bottom of the right picture. Both of these pictures were taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.
Images courtesy Phil James (Univ. Toledo), Todd Clancy (Space Science Inst., Boulder, CO), Steve Lee (Univ. Colorado), and NASA [North Pole image]; and NASA, J. Bell (Cornell U.) and M. Wolff (SSI) [South Pole image].

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