South Polar Layers

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

This VIS image shows part of the south polar cap. The numerous layers that comprise the polar cap are readily visible. The cap was built up over millions of years of deposition of ice and dust.

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Context

Image ID:

V67309003 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: -86.3338

Longitude: 184.776

Orbit Number: 67309

Captured: 2017-02-15 03:29

Posted to Web: Fri, 2019-06-14

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 512 pixels (10 km)

Image Height: 7584 pixels (150 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.019782 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0198629 km/pixel

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