PIA02052: South Polar Topography (MOLA)
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a relief model of the topography of the South Polar Region on Mars showing the form of the ice cap and its surroundings.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) 
 Spacecraft:  Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter
 Instrument:  MOLA 
 Product Size:  2468 x 2592 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Goddard Space Flight Center 
 Addition Date:  1999-06-23 
 Primary Data Set:  MGS EDRs 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA02052.tif (5.391 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA02052.jpg (1.241 MB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

Relief model of the topography of the South Polar Region showing the form of the ice cap and its surroundings. The circular area at the pole has not yet been mapped.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/GSFC

Image Addition Date:
1999-06-23