Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Title:
East Tharsis Pit Chain
Original Caption Released with Image:
7 July 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows dark, windblown sand dunes in the caldera of Nili Patera, a volcanic crater in Syrtis Major. The dunes were formed by winds blowing from the northeast (upper right).

Location near: 16.0°N, 93.1°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season Northern Autumn
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
Produced By:
Malin Space Science Systems
Mission:
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Spacecraft:
Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter
Target Name:
Mars
Is a satellite of:
Sol (our sun)
Instrument:
Mars Orbiter Camera
Product Size:
2048 samples x 2816 lines
Producer ID:
MOC2-1145
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Crater
facet_what:
Mars
facet_what:
Surveyor
facet_what:
Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter (MGS)
facet_what:
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
facet_where:
Mars
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_when:
July 2005
facet_when_year:
2005
Image #:
PIA03987
UID:
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA03987
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East Tharsis Pit Chain