Surface Texture

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

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Now that all the frost is gone, the south polar region is exhibiting more than just layering and surface markings. As this image shows, the polar surface is not smooth at this resolution.

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Context

Image ID:

V16365012 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: -85.9065

Longitude: 192.529

Orbit Number: 16365

Captured: 2005-08-22 12:21

Posted to Web: Wed, 2005-11-09

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (17 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (61 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.016948 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.017072 km/pixel

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