South Polar Textures

Scaled Image

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

While yesterday's VIS image showed a texture of oval depressions (swiss cheese), today's VIS image shows a linear surface texture of the south polar cap. This texture is described as looking like a thumbprint.

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

Context

Image ID: 
V56378003 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
-77.7252
184.825
56378
2014-08-29 21:37
Tue, 2014-10-07
VIS
1024 pixels (17 km)
3648 pixels (62 km)
0.017139 km/pixel
0.017264 km/pixel

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