PIA02057: South Polar Cap Thermal Retreat (TES)
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the seasonal change of the south polar ice cap on Mars over a four-month period mapped by color-coding the variation in 25-micron wavelength brightness temperatures.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) 
 Spacecraft:  Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter
 Instrument:  Thermal Emission Spectrometer 
 Product Size:  1836 x 2376 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Arizona State University 
 Addition Date:  1999-06-23 
 Primary Data Set:  MGS EDRs 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA02057.tif (901.7 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA02057.jpg (397.6 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

The seasonal change of the south polar ice cap over a four-month period is mapped by color-coding the variation in 25-micron wavelength brightness temperatures.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/ASU

Image Addition Date:
1999-06-23