South Polar Cap

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

The sun has risen over the south pole in this springtime VIS image. At the center of the image is a trough that reveals the layered nature of the polar cap ice.

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Context

Image ID:

V81700006 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: -85.4398

Longitude: 309.383

Orbit Number: 81700

Captured: 2020-05-15 11:24

Posted to Web: Wed, 2020-07-15

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (12 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (45 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.012364 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0125816 km/pixel

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