Polar Terrains

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

The region surrounding the South Polar Cap contains many different terrain types. This image shows both etched terrain and a region of 'mounds'.

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Image ID:

Latitude: -75.0004

Longitude: 286.498

Orbit Number: 16079

Captured: 2005-07-29 23:07

Posted to Web: Fri, 2005-11-18

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (17 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (62 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.017165 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.01729 km/pixel

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