South Polar Cap Recession
This is an animated gif image of the
recession of the south polar cap during the pre-mapping phase of the MGS
mission. To see the
animation, click on the image. The image is a
false-color image where red is temperature and cyan is visual albedo.
Notice that a dark region
(cold
and dark) forms inside the polar cap. This region is the
Cryptic region.
Questions should be addressed to Tim Titus
This page last updated Sep 12, 2000.
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