Polar Ice

Scaled Image

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

This VIS image is located on the South Polar cap. The linear features are the steep side of a polar trough. At troughs the extensive layering of the ice is exposed. The layers represent deposition of ice and dust during changing seasons over millions of years.

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Context

Image ID:

V75343011 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: -84.2072

Longitude: 107.62

Orbit Number: 75343

Captured: 2018-12-09 00:07

Posted to Web: Fri, 2019-03-15

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (14 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (52 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.014387 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0144523 km/pixel

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