Not Only Ice

Scaled Image

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

This image shows a long traverse over part of the south polar cap. As spring deepens and the cap warms dark spots emerge at the surface. At the bottom of the frame is a depression within the cap which has collected loose material and dunes have formed.

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

Context

Image ID: 
V23170007 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
-84.3449
190.979
23170
2007-03-05 19:07
Wed, 2007-04-18
VIS
512 pixels (17 km)
7584 pixels (259 km)
0.034163 km/pixel
0.034411 km/pixel

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