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Polar Pits

NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows pits formed by sublimation in the frozen carbon dioxide of the martian south polar residual cap.
PIA07392
Credits: NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
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25 February 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows pits formed by sublimation in the frozen carbon dioxide of the martian south polar residual cap.

Location near: 87.0°S, 108.1°W
Image width: ~1 km (~0.6 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Summer