Water-ice deposits found beneath Martian hills

Apronlike reserves in mid-latitude regions largest outside Mars' poles

There’s ice in them thar hills!

HIDDEN ICE A steep hill in the eastern Hellas region of Mars is surrounded by an apronlike landform. Recent radar measurements of similar structures show that the aprons contain buried glaciers. ESA, DLR, FU Berlin

ICY INSPIRATION View of a debris-covered glacier in Antarctica’s Friedman Valley.