Polar Textures

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

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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Context

Latitude: -86.8432

Longitude: 354.045

Orbit Number: 24548

Captured: 2007-06-27 06:07

Posted to Web: Tue, 2007-08-21

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (17 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (62 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.017059 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.017183 km/pixel

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