South Polar Surface

Scaled Image

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

Today's VIS image of the south pole shows a surface texture called "thumbprint", for its uncanny resemblance to human fingerprints.

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

Context

Image ID: 
V40597004 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
-86.2189
309.137
40597
2011-02-08 01:06
Fri, 2011-03-25
VIS
1024 pixels (17 km)
3648 pixels (62 km)
0.017118 km/pixel
0.017242 km/pixel

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