Description
18 March 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a portion of the south polar residual cap. The darkened edges of the pits and mesas are evidence of the removal - by sublimation -- of frozen carbon dioxide during the recent martian summer. Summer ended and autumn began the day this image was acquired in January 2006.
Location near: 86.8°S, 90.5°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Summer/Autumn
