Cloud Front

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

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These clouds formed in the south polar region. The faintness of the cloud system likely indicates that these are mainly ice clouds, with relatively little dust content.

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Context

Image ID:

V16454018 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: -86.6804

Longitude: 212.305

Orbit Number: 16454

Captured: 2005-08-29 20:12

Posted to Web: Wed, 2006-02-08

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (17 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (61 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.016992 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.017116 km/pixel

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