Been awhile since I've visited the Mars of the Matronauts and the Martian Exploration Service. Here a MR6 is exploring the Southern polar region during the late Martian spring. It is accompanied by two Mules and that is unusual as an MR6 is usually assigned only one. Martian polar settlements are few and far apart in the southern polar climes; although there are many scattered around the northern ice cap. This is because the northern ice cap is made of mostly water ice, but the sourthern one is mostly frozen carbon dioxide. There is some water ice in the south, but it is far less abundant than in the north. In case of an emergency, it is felt that two mules would greatly increase the success of a crew's return to civilization, should the MR6 become too damaged to be driven. Credits: Background terrain and and textures were created by me from a European Space Agency photograph by the Mars Express. Forground terrain: Actually two terrains the lower one from a NASA photo taken by Spirit Rover and upper the same terrain with a "dusty" snow surface that is about 55% transparent. The MR6 and the two Mules were created by me using Bryce boolean operations. Poser figures are Poser 5 figures. Thanks for dropping by. Helpful or encouraging comments are appreciated. Jeremy