Cryoconite Holes on Matanuska Glacier
Jet Propulsion Laboratory https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ Oct. 17, 2024
These holes, captured on Alaska's Matanuska Glacier in July 2012, are formed by cryoconite – dust particles that melt into the ice over time, eventually forming small pockets of water below the glacier's surface. Scientists believe similar pockets of water – called cryoconite holes on Earth – could form within dusty water ice on Mars.