THEMIS: South polar textures as local summer ends

Polar textures before winter (THEMIS_IOTD_20170607)THEMIS Image of the Day, June 8, 2017. This VIS image of the south pole was taken at the end of summer. Frost will soon start to form as the season transitions into fall. Fall in the southern hemisphere means spring in the northern, so the north polar cap is just starting to thaw.

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