Polar Layers

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

This VIS image shows part of the margin of the north polar cap and the surrounding plains. The layering of the ice is easily visible due to the dust that is deposited on the top of the ice every year, creating layering over millions of years.

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Context

Image ID:

V71835015 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: 83.7224

Longitude: 117.158

Orbit Number: 71835

Captured: 2018-02-23 01:58

Posted to Web: Mon, 2018-05-28

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (65 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.017984 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0179448 km/pixel

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