Australe Mensa - False Color
About this image
The THEMIS VIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create a false color image. These false color images may reveal subtle variations of the surface not easily identified in a single band image. Today's false color image shows part of Australe Mensa, part of the south polar ice cap. The round depressions have given rise to the informal name Swiss cheese. The depressions are seen only in the top layer of the ice.
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