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South Polar Terrain

NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows mesa tops and depressions formed in layered carbon dioxide ice in Mars' south polar residual cap.
PIA06696
Credits: NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
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19 July 2004
This full-resolution (1.5 meters, 5 feet, per pixel) Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows mesa tops and depressions formed in layered carbon dioxide ice in the south polar residual cap. The image is located near 87.0°S, 341.9°W, and covers an area about 1.5 km (0.9 mi) wide. Sunlight illuminates the scene from the upper left.