North Polar Scarp

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

Today's VIS image shows the scarp face of the north polar cap near Abalos Mensa. The top part of the image is the polar cap. This image was collected during northern hemisphere summer.

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

Context

Image ID:

V62982008 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: 82.6918

Longitude: 286.24

Orbit Number: 62982

Captured: 2016-02-24 17:54

Posted to Web: Mon, 2016-05-09

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (67 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.018434 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0185297 km/pixel

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