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North polar geysers?
Robert Clark — (archived)

Fan shaped deposits at the south pole have been attributed to CO2 gas geysers:

Gas jets spawn dark 'spiders' and spots on Mars icecap.
http://themis.asu.edu/news-polarjets

This MOC image might show a similar process occurs at the north pole:

North polar terrain.
http://ida.wr.usgs.gov/html/r15000/r1500035.html

Bob Clark

http://uplink.space.com/attachments//751899-r1500035a-comp.JPG

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