South Polar Surface

Scaled Image

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

Having seen "thumbprint" terrain a few days ago, here is a THEMIS VIS image of "swiss cheese" terrain. Sometimes simple terms like these can accurately describe the appearance of a surface, but it does not relate at all to how that surface texture may have formed.

Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images. 

Context

Image ID: 
V40660004 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
-86.4502
287.016
40660
2011-02-13 05:35
Tue, 2011-03-29
VIS
1024 pixels (17 km)
3648 pixels (62 km)
0.0171 km/pixel
0.017225 km/pixel

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