
The holey texture of the image captured by NASA 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft of the North Polar cap is called wiss-cheese, while the linear texture at the bottom of the frame is called thumbprint terrain.
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NASA ID
PIA01949
Date Created
October 2, 2006
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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