Polar Front

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

The border between clear and cloudy in this image is likely the edge of a polar trough, with the clouds located in the trough itself. It is common during the spring in the southern hemisphere for clouds and haze to obscure the polar cap.

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Context

Image ID:

V24308010 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: -84.1569

Longitude: 5.253

Orbit Number: 24308

Captured: 2007-06-07 11:54

Posted to Web: Tue, 2007-07-10

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (17 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (62 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.017008 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.017132 km/pixel

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