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PIA04639: South Polar "Poodle"

NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows pits and scarps in Mar's frozen south polar carbon dioxide ice cap.

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:	540 x 810 pixels (w x h)
Produced By:	Malin Space Science Systems
Full-Res TIFF:	PIA04639.tif (388.8 kB)
Full-Res JPEG:	PIA04639.jpg (49.99 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-422, 15 July 2003

Have you ever stared up at the clouds in the sky and seen the shapes of animals, people, or objects? Sometimes when the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team is looking at newly-returned pictures from Mars, the same thing happens. This is a picture of pits and scarps in the frozen south polar carbon dioxide ice cap. Sunlight illuminates the scene from the upper right. At the bottom of the picture is a feature that resembles a long, thin poodle; its head faces to the left, the tail to the right. This picture is located near 86.9°S, 55.8°W.

Image Credit:

NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:

2003-07-17