Odyssey image
Vital Statistics
Location:
-77.7N, 326.5E
Released:
2005-12-08
Image Size:
17.4 x 62.0 km, 1024 x 3648 px
Resolution: 17m Instrument: VIS
Medium-size image for 20051208a
Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU
 
Image Context:
Context image for 20051208a 		Wide Context:
Wide context image for 20051208a
Context image credit: NASA/JPL/MOLA
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This image of the polar region illustrates the effect of the sun on polar frost. The highstanding ridges have lost all their frost cover, while the lows shaded by the ridges still have a bright frost cover.
 
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