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Central Mound Crater (Ice Associated), Fig. 1

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80 km diameter Korolev crater at 73°N, 163°E. (a) MOC wide angle image showing the bright frost deposit, and the locations of images (c–e) and cross-sectional line (NASA/JPL/MSSS). (b) The THEMIS daytime IR mosaic shows high thermal inertia compared to the surrounding terrain. Scale bar is 50 km (NASA/JPL-Caltech/Arizona State University). (c) The eastern edge of the deposit. Scale bar 1 km. HiRISE ESP_019248_2530 (NASA/JPL/University of Arizona). (d) Different surface textures on the central part of the mound. Scale bar 1 km. HiRISE PSP_010387_2530 (NASA/JPL/University of Arizona). (e) Layers parallel to the edge of the ice mound. Scale bar 100 m. HiRISE ESP_026936_2530 (NASA/JPL/University of Arizona). (f) Profile from MOLA mapping orbit 146 (After Garvin et al. 2000; Fig. 8. Reprinted from Icarus, 144, Garvin JB, Sakimoto SHE, Frawley JJ, Schnetzler C, North Polar Region Craterforms on Mars: Geometric Characteristics from the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter, 329–352, Copyright (2000), with permission from Elsevier)

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