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The satellite imagery MOC2-150 released by Malin Space Science Systems-NASA revealed an important network of patterned ground. The area is located about 86° N latitude in the periphery of the Mars Northern Pole ice cap. The shape and the form of this polygonal system, as will be discussed hereafter, definitely recalls similarly displayed patterned ground on Planet Earth. It is known that such patterned ground mesh is related to periglacial environmental conditions inferring ice and permafrost layers in the subsoil [3]. This infers the presence of water for its formation. In fact, it is furthermore assumed by Malin Space Science Systems-NASA that the area is occupying the surface of a crater lake. It is worth to have a closer inspection of the morphological characteristics of the Mars patterned ground and to correlate these features with patterned ground on Earth in order to seek for the possible evidence of water for its development on Planet Mars.
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Paepe, R., Hoover, R., Van Overloop, E. (2001). Patterned Ground As An Evidence Of Water On Mars A Comparison with Planet Earth. In: Paepe, R., Melnikov, V.P., Van Overloop, E., Gorokhov, V.D. (eds) Permafrost Response on Economic Development, Environmental Security and Natural Resources. NATO Science Series, vol 76. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0684-2_39
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