South Polar Textures

Scaled Image

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

As spring turns to summer, the frost cover has been removed from the south polar cap. The surface textures seen in this VIS image are created by action of the sun on the icy cap.

Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images. 

Context

Image ID: 
V32372005 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
-86.8644
354.566
32372
2009-04-01 12:27
Wed, 2009-06-10
VIS
1024 pixels (17 km)
3648 pixels (62 km)
0.017023 km/pixel
0.017147 km/pixel

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