South Polar Textures

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

This VIS image shows part of the surface of the south polar cap. Collected at the end of southern summer, most of the ice is frost free and different textures are readily apparent. The dark bands are troughs in the ice.

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Context

Image ID:

V84562012 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: -85.1856

Longitude: 285.336

Orbit Number: 84562

Captured: 2021-01-06 03:01

Posted to Web: Mon, 2021-01-25

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 512 pixels (13 km)

Image Height: 1824 pixels (49 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.026975 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0271705 km/pixel

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