Mars' north pole: The seasonal cap, thought to be a veneer of carbon dioxide (dry) ice, is seen at its largest in October 1996, shrinking through March of 1997. New Odyssey observations hint that water ice may exist under the surface, even farther south than the ice seen in these images.

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