Date: 4/07/2020 15:20:09
From: Bubblecar
ID: 1583802
Subject: Lovely flight over Korolev Crater from ESA

Constructed from images by Mars Express’ High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC), a “flight” over the huge ice-filled crater Korolev on Mars.

>Korolev Crater is 82 kilometers (50 miles) across and at least 2 km (1.25 miles) deep. This well-preserved crater is located the northern lowlands of Mars, just south of a large patch of dune-filled terrain that encircles part of the planet’s northern polar cap (known as Olympia Undae).

That’s not snow you’re seeing, but this crater is constantly filled with water ice, and its central mound is about 1.8 kilometers (1.1 miles) thick all year round. It’s one of the largest reservoirs of non-polar ice on Mars.

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Video, Flight over the Korolev Crater on Mars

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Date: 4/07/2020 15:54:27
From: dv
ID: 1583819
Subject: re: Lovely flight over Korolev Crater from ESA

Cheers

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Date: 4/07/2020 16:04:46
From: Divine Angel
ID: 1583825
Subject: re: Lovely flight over Korolev Crater from ESA

Good to know there’s an ice skating rink. We could also make fresh snow cones when we get there.

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Date: 5/07/2020 03:20:23
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 1584131
Subject: re: Lovely flight over Korolev Crater from ESA

Divine Angel said:


Good to know there’s an ice skating rink. We could also make fresh snow cones when we get there.

I hadn’t heard of Korolev Crater.

“This crater is constantly filled with water ice, and its central mound is about 1.8 kilometers (1.1 miles) thick all year round.”

Water ice, good. Looks like a good spot for a settlement. Seriously, we could live inside an igloo made of water ice. Sealing the entrance to keep a thicker atmosphere in would be easier than just about anywhere else on Mars.

Anyone in for a spot of global warming (That’s a joke)? I wouldn’t like to live inside an igloo made of dry ice, slight danger of asphyxiation.

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