PIA03076: South Polar Mesas
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows irregular-shaped mesas in the south polar region of Mars. The bright patches are the remains of seasonal frost.
 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:  672 x 1200 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1267  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA03076.tif (807.4 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA03076.jpg (97.96 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

31 October 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows irregular-shaped mesas in the south polar region of Mars. The bright patches are the remains of seasonal frost. During winter and most of spring, this entire scene would have been covered by carbon dioxide frost.

Location near: 79.2°S, 298.6°W
Image width: width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Spring

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2005-10-31