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PIA06305: Defrosting North
 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:  512 x 960 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems
 Producer ID:  MOC2-758
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA06305.tif (436.6 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA06305.jpg (35.42 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

15 June 2004
Spring is upon the martian northern hemisphere, and the north polar cap is shrinking. This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image, acquired on 12 June 2004, shows the retreating edge of the seasonal north polar cap near 70°N, 209°W. Low clouds and fogs stream away from the cap edge as it sublimes away. North is approximately up and the image covers an area roughly 500 km (311 mi) across. Sunlight illuminates the scene from the lower left. The crater containing a thick mound of material near the right-center of the image is Korolev.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2004-06-15