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Figure 8-8 RIVUXG Water Ice Hidden in Martian North Pole Crater The High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board the European Space Agency’s Mars Express spacecraft shows a patch of water ice sitting on the floor of a 21-mi (35-km) wide crater on Mars with residual water ice tucked about 1 mi (1.6 km) beneath the crater’s rim.