Polar Landforms
Jet Propulsion Laboratory https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ Aug. 10, 2005
10 August 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows eroded remnants of carbon dioxide ice in the south polar residual cap of Mars. The scarps that outline each small mesa have retreated about 3 meters (~10 feet) per Mars year since MGS began orbiting the red planet in 1997.
Location near: 87.0°S, 31.9°W
Image width: width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Spring