Topographic overview map of Mars’ North Pole
Topographic overview map of Mars’ North Pole
Mars’ northern ice cap, also known as Planum Boreale, spirals around the Red Planet’s North Pole. The octagonal, yellow outline marks the area that can be seen in the published images. The section outlined in white shows the area of the entire mosaic composed of 32 HRSC image strips. Olympia Undae (Undae = Latin for waves) marks undulating territory where vast dune fields of a polar sandy desert are found. From the colour scale, it is clear that the ice arches at more than two kilometres in places like a ‘cap’ above the surroundings.
