The scientists, by using a camera aboard ESA's Mars Express, have created a stunning mosaic of Mars' North Polar Region. The mosaic of Mars North Polar Region is 684 miles (1,100 km) in diameter.

According to SCI NEWS, by using High-Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC), the mosaic was generated from 32 individual orbits 'strips' that was captured between 2004 and 2010.From this camera, scientists found a stunning mosaic of Mars.

The planetary research has suggested that Mar's north polar cap is geologically young. The North Pole is composed of a mixture of water ice and frozen carbon dioxide, the main element of Mars atmosphere.

The Mars ice cap covers an area of around 386,000 Miles. The volume is equivalent to almost half the size of the Greenland ice sheet on Earth, reported by ESA.

The Mars has a persistent water-ice cap about 1.2 miles deep. Besides this, there is an additional thin layer of carbon dioxide ice in cold winter months.

The temperatures' of this area fall to below minus 193 degrees Fahrenheit during the Martian winter. The temperature is twice as long as Earth's due to Mar's two-year orbital period and is characterized by long polar nights due to the tilt of its rotational axis.

In the warmer summer month, most of the carbon dioxide transforms into gas and escape into the atmosphere. The carbon dioxide is leaving between water ice layers.

The researchers have stated that Strong Martian winds are thought to have played an important role in shaping the ice over time. The winds blow from the elevated center towards its lower edges that causes hurricanes to spiral on Earth.

The Chasma Boreale, known as plunging canyon, is thought to be a relatively old feature, forming before the ice-dust spiral features. This is seemingly growing deeper as new ice deposits built up around it.

However, the researchers hope, by examining these layer sections they can obtain information about the development of the Martian climate.This may also provide new light on Mars atmosphere.

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