This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows part of the south polar cap. The dark bands are troughs.

June 06, 2019

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This VIS image shows part of the south polar cap. The dark bands are troughs. The multiple layers that comprise the polar cap are visible in the trough at the top of the image.

Orbit Number: 76301 Latitude: -85.7037 Longitude: 290.775 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2019-02-25 21:33

Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the 2001 Mars Odyssey mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) was developed by Arizona State University, Tempe, in collaboration with Raytheon Santa Barbara Remote Sensing. The THEMIS investigation is led by Dr. Philip Christensen at Arizona State University. Lockheed Martin Astronautics, Denver, is the prime contractor for the Odyssey project, and developed and built the orbiter. Mission operations are conducted jointly from Lockheed Martin and from JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.

Credits

NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

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