Polar Outliers

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

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Something cold for Christmas Day! These layered mounds are south polar layered deposits that are no longer part of the south polar cap. Their location marks a time when the permanent polar cap was more extensive. Happy Holidays from THEMIS!

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Context

Image ID:

V26169012 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: -79.0897

Longitude: 95.0828

Orbit Number: 26169

Captured: 2007-11-07 17:14

Posted to Web: Tue, 2007-12-25

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (17 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (61 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.016977 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.017101 km/pixel

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