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Dry ice frosts a Mars crater

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View larger. | The European Space Agency’s ExoMars orbiter acquired the images to create this color composite on September 2, 2018. It shows the south-facing rim of a pit crater at 68 degrees south in the Sisyphi Planum region of Mars, when that region was in late spring. The image measures 20 x 8 km (12 x 5 miles) and the resolution is 4.5 m/pixel. North is 45 degrees on the upper left. Read more about this image via ESA.

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Deborah Byrd created the EarthSky radio series in 1991 and founded EarthSky.org in 1994. Today, she serves as Editor-in-Chief of this website. She has won a galaxy of awards from the broadcasting and science communities, including having an asteroid named 3505 Byrd in her honor. A science communicator and educator since 1976, Byrd believes in science as a force for good in the world and a vital tool for the 21st century. "Being an EarthSky editor is like hosting a big global party for cool nature-lovers," she says.