Terra Sirenum

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

This image shows part of Terra Sirenum in the southern hemisphere of Mars. At this high latitude it is likely that ice is present in near-surface materials. The 'pasted on' appearance may be related to the amount of ice contained in the surface layer.

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

Context

Image ID:

V07794005 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: -47.9072

Longitude: 246.417

Orbit Number: 7794

Captured: 2003-09-16 20:14

Posted to Web: Fri, 2003-09-26

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (17 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (61 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.016986 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.01711 km/pixel

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