Polar Front

Scaled Image

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

The border between clear and cloudy in this image is likely the edge of a polar trough, with the clouds located in the trough itself. It is common during the spring in the southern hemisphere for clouds and haze to obscure the polar cap.

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

Context

Image ID: 
V24308010 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
-84.1569
5.253
24308
2007-06-07 11:54
Tue, 2007-07-10
VIS
1024 pixels (17 km)
3648 pixels (62 km)
0.017008 km/pixel
0.017132 km/pixel

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