Polar Layers

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

The south polar cap is comprised of many layers of ice, as seen in this VIS image.

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Latitude: -84.5402

Longitude: 315.36

Orbit Number: 47937

Captured: 2012-10-04 06:00

Posted to Web: Tue, 2012-12-25

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (17 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (61 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.016981 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.017104 km/pixel

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