Polar Spots

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

As the sun continues to warm the south polar region, spots appear on the ice. The dark material of the spots is apparently mobile with the wind able to lengthen the spots into streaks.

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Context

Image ID: 
V31720009 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
-86.587
99.0657
31720
2009-02-06 19:51
Tue, 2009-02-24
VIS
1024 pixels (17 km)
3648 pixels (62 km)
0.017257 km/pixel
0.017382 km/pixel

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