Mars Express 07-337 01.27.12 VMC Img No 3.png
This is the second low-altitude pass over the planet and we were lucky enough to catch a glimpse of what appears to be the ice cap of the South Pole of Mars in the left of the image. The South Pole is variable seasonally and is smaller than the North Pole. It was the area where Mars Express made one of its first major discoveries, with the OMEGA instrument, confirming in 2004 the existence of water.
Exposure time: 28ms