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Science 20 January 1967:
Vol. 155. no. 3760, pp. 317 - 319
DOI: 10.1126/science.155.3760.317
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Mars: Influence of Topography on Formation of Temporary Bright Patches

B. T. O'Leary 1 and D. G. Rea 1

1 Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley

The Mountains of Mitchel and other temporary bright patches observed on the Martian disk may be carbon-dioxide condensations in depressions rather than a water-ice mixture on mountains as previously thought. This interpretation supports the hypothesis that the Martian deserts, that is, the light areas, are lower than their surroundings.


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