Animation: Seasonal Variations of Snow Depth on Mars

Animation showing the seasonal deposition of CO2 as measured by the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter on the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft. The amplitude of the elevation change signal is greatly exaggerated for illustrative purposes.

Credit: MOLA Science Team and G. Shirah, NASA/GSFC Scientific Visualization Studio

http://ltpwww.gsfc.nasa.gov/tharsis/snow_paper.html