South Polar Scene
Caption:
5 February 2004
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a portion of the south polar residual cap. Sunlight illuminates this scene from the upper left, thus the somewhat kidney bean-shaped features are pits, not mounds. These pits and their neighboring polygonal cracks are formed in a material composed mostly of carbon dioxide ice. The image is located near 87.0°S, 5.7°W, and covers an area 3 km (1.9 mi) wide.
Cataloging Keywords:
Name |
Value |
Additional Values |
Target |
Mars |
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System |
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Target Type |
Planet |
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Mission |
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) |
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Instrument Host |
Mars Global Surveyor |
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Host Type |
Orbiter |
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Instrument |
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) |
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Detector |
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Extra Keywords |
Grayscale |
Acquisition Date |
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Release Date |
2004-02-05 |
Date in Caption |
2004-02-05 |
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Image Credit |
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems |
Source |
photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA05279 |
Identifier |
PIA05279 |