Spring at the North Pole

Scaled Image

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)
81.0121
190.215
52488
2013-10-13 19:18
Fri, 2013-12-06
VIS
512 pixels (20 km)
7584 pixels (300 km)
0.039657 km/pixel
0.039944 km/pixel

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