Odyssey image
Vital Statistics
Location:
-86.8N, 354.0E
Released:
2007-08-21
Image Size:
17.6 x 62.2 km, 1024 x 3648 px
Resolution: 17m Instrument: VIS
Medium-size image for 20070821a
Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU
 
Image Context:
Context image for 20070821a 		Wide Context:
Wide context image for 20070821a
Context image credit: NASA/JPL/MOLA
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This VIS image shows a small portion of Australe Mensa, part of the South Pole of Mars. How these different textures form is still being studied. The central part of the image contains a texture called "swiss-cheese" because of its holey appearance. Below that is "thumbprint" texture. "Swiss-cheese" appears to become "thumbprint".
 
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