THEMIS: Swiss cheese and other ice cap textures

Posted on October 31, 2018 by rburnham

THEMIS Image of the Day, October 31, 2018. There are several different surface textures in the South Polar ice. The surface in this image with the round/semi round depressions is informally called Swiss cheese.

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