Citizen Scientists Seek South Pole "Spiders" on Mars

Citizen Scientists Seek South Pole "Spiders" on Mars Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 21, 2016 - Ten thousand volunteers viewing images of Martian south polar regions have helped identify targets for closer inspection, yielding new insights about seasonal slabs of frozen carbon dioxide and erosional features known as "spiders." From the comfort of home, the volunteers have been exploring the surface of Mars by reviewing images from the Context Camera (CTX) on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbi ... more

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