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PIA00810: Textures in South Polar Ice Cap #2
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Spacecraft:  Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter
 Instrument:  Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
 Product Size:  592 x 568 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems
 Producer ID:  MOC2-37C P49727 MRPS87584
 Addition Date:  1998-03-13
 Other  
Information: 
Science Magazine Article
 Primary Data Set:  MGS EDRs
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA00810.tif (147.8 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA00810.jpg (52.01 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

Textures of the south polar permanent residual ice cap and polar layered terrains. This 15 x 14 km area image (frame 7306) is centered near 87 degrees south, 341 degrees west.

Figure caption from Science Magazine.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
1998-03-13