Defrosting South Polar Region (Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team)

Defrosting Southern Regions
Original caption:"This MGS-MOC image shows a second view of varied Springtime defrosting patterns formed in a dune field and surrounding polygon-patterned ground in the South Polar Region of Mars. (...) The feature sporting an outline of dark spots and an interior of smaller, closely-spaced dark spots and dark-outlined polygons is a patch of windblown or wind-eroded sand that was covered by carbon dioxide frost during the previous Autumn and Winter. The fainter, larger polygon pattern on either side of the patch of defrosting sand is formed in the substrate upon which the sand patch is sitting. Polygonal forms such as these might indicate the presence of ice below the surface".

Location near: 79,9°S; 125,9°W
Image width: width: ~3 Km (~1,9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Spring