Polar Cap Layers

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

This VIS image shows part of the margin of the north polar cap. Layering of the ice is visible in the top half of the image. Small dunes located on the plains surrounding the cap can be seen in the upper left corner of the image.

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Context

Image ID:

V60884007 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: 82.9278

Longitude: 110.009

Orbit Number: 60884

Captured: 2015-09-04 23:05

Posted to Web: Thu, 2015-11-19

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (65 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.017984 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0179913 km/pixel

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