South Polar Texture
Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU
About this image
This VIS image of the south polar cap shows a surface with hundreds of circular depressions. This texture is similar in appearance to Swiss cheese. It is caused by solar heating as the Sun appears to track around the horizon during the polar daytime.
Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images.
Context
Image ID:
V64535004 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
-86.8715
354.786
64535
2016-07-01 14:50
Fri, 2016-08-26
VIS
1024 pixels (4 km)
3648 pixels (15 km)
0.004271 km/pixel
0.00417101 km/pixel
