Mars Odyssey Mission THEMIS: Feature Image: Polar Layers in False Color (Released 25 January 2005)

Vital Statistics
Location: 80.6N, 70.2E	Released: 2005-01-25
Image Size: 20.5 x 73.0 km, 512 x 1824 px
Resolution: 40m	Instrument: VIS

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

Image Context:
Context image for 20050125a

Wide Context:
Wide context image for 20050125a

Context image credit: NASA/JPL/MOLA
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Detailed information on this image is available at the THEMIS Data Releases website.

Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images.

In false color THEMIS images of high latitudes, ice and frost will typically appear bright blue in color. Dust mantled ice generally appears in tones of red to orange.

This THEMIS image illustrates the orange to blue nature of the false colored polar layers, indicating that within this image, dust and ice are major compositional components.