Tianwen-1 Orbiter Captures Mars Ice Caps with ‘Selfie Stick’ – SCMP

Unlike the ice on the Earth’s polar regions, Martian ice is a mixture of frozen carbon dioxide and water. Photo: CNSA.

China has published videos showing its Mars orbiter Tianwen-1 circling above the northern ice caps of the red planet taken using its “selfie stick” on Monday, the eve of Lunar New Year, the South China Morning Post reported.

In a pink-tinted video, the spacecraft can be seen flying against a landscape sprinkled with frost patches, which the China National Space Administration (CNSA) identified as ice caps. Unlike the ice on the Earth’s polar regions, Martian ice is a mixture of frozen carbon dioxide and water.

Read the full report: South China Morning Post

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Jim Pollard

Jim Pollard is an Australian journalist based in Thailand since 1999. He worked for News Ltd papers in Sydney, Perth, London and Melbourne before travelling through SE Asia in the late 90s. He was a senior editor at The Nation for 17+ years and has a family in Bangkok.