South Pole

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

The sun has now risen over the south pole of Mars. The polar surface is defrosting. This VIS image shows layering near the margin of the south polar cap.

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Context

Image ID:

V48151009 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: -82.482

Longitude: 275.229

Orbit Number: 48151

Captured: 2012-10-21 20:40

Posted to Web: Mon, 2012-10-29

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (17 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (61 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.016952 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.017075 km/pixel

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