South Polar Ice

Scaled Image

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

Today's VIS image shows a portion of the south polar cap. The visible layers were created over millennia by deposition of winter ice and summer dust. This image was collected at the end of the southern summer season.

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

Context

Image ID: 
V84988013 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
-86.0994
144.46
84988
2021-02-10 04:50
Wed, 2021-07-21
VIS
256 pixels (10 km)
3792 pixels (158 km)
0.041811 km/pixel
0.0423496 km/pixel

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