Spring at the North Pole

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

The sand dunes in this VIS image are located near the north polar cap. It is springtime and the dunes will darken with time as the winter frost sublimates in the sun.

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

Context

Image ID:

V52488007 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: 81.0121

Longitude: 190.215

Orbit Number: 52488

Captured: 2013-10-13 19:18

Posted to Web: Fri, 2013-12-06

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 512 pixels (20 km)

Image Height: 7584 pixels (300 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.039657 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.039944 km/pixel

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