Psyche’s High-Resolution View of Mars’ South Pole
19 May 2026, 00:00 GMT
Topic: Photojournal
Source URL: https://science.nasa.gov/photojournal/psyches-high-resolution-view-of-mars-south-pole/
Description This is the highest-resolution view of the water ice-rich south polar cap of Mars captured by NASA’s Psyche mission after it made its close approach with the planet for a gravity assist. The image scale is around 0.7 miles per pixel (1.14 kilometers per pixel). The cap itself extends across more than 430 miles