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Published online 24 February 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050221-14
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Martian pole reveals ice age cycles
Climate record seen in Red Planet's exposed ice cliffs.
Pictures of Mars's north pole have revealed a record of the planet's climate over the past 3 million years.
The climate history is written in light and dark bands exposed on the sides of ice cliffs.
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