Odyssey image
Vital Statistics
Location:
69.5N, 283.6E
Released:
2003-02-13
Image Size:
20.5 x 73.0 km, 1024 x 3648 px
Resolution: 20m Instrument: VIS
Medium-size image for 20030213a
Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU
 
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Context image credit: NASA/JPL/MOLA
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Heavy water ice clouds almost completely obscure the surface in Vastitas Borealis. Some amount of dust is also likely to be part of the clouds. Storm fronts are common at high latitudes during the spring and early summer seasons.
 
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THEMIS Image of the Day: Ice Clouds (Released 13 February 2003)