At the Edge

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

Today's VIS image is located on the edge of the polar cap. The ice is located at the bottom of the frame, with the surrounding plains at the top half. The circular indentation in the ice margin is affecting the local winds, creating an area of sand dunes.

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Context

Image ID:

V77798010 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: 83.5651

Longitude: 119.91

Orbit Number: 77798

Captured: 2019-06-29 05:11

Posted to Web: Wed, 2019-08-07

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (65 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.017984 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0179645 km/pixel

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