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PIA04145: Polar Layers
Polar Layers
Target Name: Mars
Is a satellite of: Sol (our sun)
Mission: Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Spacecraft: Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter
Instrument: Mars Orbiter Camera
Product Size: 672 samples x 1248 lines
Produced By: Malin Space Science Systems
Producer ID: MOC2-1181
Full-Res TIFF: PIA04145.tif (839.7 kB)
Full-Res JPEG: PIA04145.jpg (100.1 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

12 August 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a slope upon which are exposed some of the layered materials that underlie the south polar cap of Mars. The layers are generally considered to be sediments--perhaps dust--that may have been cemented by water ice.

Location near: 84.1°S, 343.9°W
Image width: width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Spring


Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

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