
Different lighting can hide or reveal different features on the surface of Mars. The lighting was perfect to reveal the details of the layering of the south polar cap in this image from NASA 2001 Mars Odyssey.
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NASA ID
PIA14186
Date Created
June 16, 2011
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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