South Polar Textures

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

There are several different surface textures in the South Polar ice. The surface in this image with the round/semi round depressions is informally called swiss cheese.

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Context

Image ID:

V74312013 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: -86.9779

Longitude: 29.0233

Orbit Number: 74312

Captured: 2018-09-15 02:05

Posted to Web: Wed, 2018-10-31

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (2 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (9 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.002697 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.00274646 km/pixel

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