Polar Textures

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

This VIS image of the south pole was taken at the end of summer. Frost will soon start to form as the season transitions into fall. Fall in the southern hemisphere means spring in the northern, so the north polar cap is just starting to thaw.

Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images.

Context

Image ID:

V67893015 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: -87.0251

Longitude: 275.679

Orbit Number: 67893

Captured: 2017-04-04 06:19

Posted to Web: Thu, 2017-06-08

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (1 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (6 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.001798 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.00163324 km/pixel

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