The South Polar residual cap is especially interesting to image in the very late southern summer when seasonal frost is gone and the low-sun illumination accentuates subtle topography. Visible here is part of just one of many such images acquired in recent weeks.

ID: ESP_076530_0955
date: 23 November 2022
altitude: 247 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_076530_0955
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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