South Polar Cap

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

Today's VIS image shows part of the south polar cap. Taken in summer, the CO2 (dry ice) cap shows the layering of ice and dust that formed over millions of years.

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Context

Image ID:

V91652008 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: -86.3765

Longitude: 138.159

Orbit Number: 91652

Captured: 2022-08-12 21:54

Posted to Web: Thu, 2022-11-17

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 512 pixels (9 km)

Image Height: 1824 pixels (33 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.018208 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0184102 km/pixel

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