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Mark Fisher
1999-2008
Syrtis Major
One of the most recognisable features of the
planet
Mars
is this dark triangular feature, pointing northwards from the
planet's
equatorial regions. It is not fixed in size and shape, and tends to expand eastward during the
Martian
summer.
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