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DescriptionPIA21325 - South Polar Layers.jpg	English: This VIS image shows the layering of the South Polar cap of Mars. The image is located at the margin between the cap ice and the surrounding plains (bottom of image). Orbit Number: 66924 Latitude: -79.7235 Longitude: 100.914 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2017-01-14 10:14 Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the 2001 Mars Odyssey mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) was developed by Arizona State University, Tempe, in collaboration with Raytheon Santa Barbara Remote Sensing. The THEMIS investigation is led by Dr. Philip Christensen at Arizona State University. Lockheed Martin Astronautics, Denver, is the prime contractor for the Odyssey project, and developed and built the orbiter. Mission operations are conducted jointly from Lockheed Martin and from JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
Date	14 January 2017 (published 3 March 2017)
Source	Catalog page · Full-res (JPEG · TIFF)
Author	NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

Location on Mars	79° 43′ 24.6″ S, 100° 54′ 50.4″ E	View this and other nearby images on: Google Maps	-79.723500; 100.914000

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