Mars Odyssey Mission THEMIS: Feature Image: Mars South Polar Layered Deposits (Released 10 December 2003)

Vital Statistics
Location: -80.0N, 97.0E	Released: 2003-12-10
Image Size: 22.8 x 53.4 km, 1202 x 2812 px
Resolution: 19m	Instrument: VIS

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

Image Context:
Context image for 20031210A

Context image credit: NASA/JPL/MOLA
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Remarkable layered deposits covering older, cratered surfaces near Mars' south pole dominate this mosaic of images taken by the camera on NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft between Nov. 8 and Nov. 26, 2003. The margin of these layered deposits appears to be eroding poleward, exposing a series of layers in the retreating cliff.

The mosaic, stitched from eight visible-wavelength images from Odyssey's thermal emission imaging system, covers an area more than 325 kilometers (200 miles) long and 100 kilometers (62 miles) wide. The pictured area lies between 78 degrees and 82 degrees south latitude and between 90 degrees and 104 degrees east longitude.