Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Title:
West Tithonium Scene
Original Caption Released with Image:
26 June 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows dark rippled surfaces and a patch of light-toned, perhaps sedimentary rock exposed on the floor of western Tithonium Chasma, part of the vast Valles Marineris trough system.

Location near: 5.0°S, 90.3°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season Southern Spring
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:
MOC2-1134
facet_what:
Sun
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:
26 June 2005
facet_when_year:
2005
Image #:
PIA03968
UID:
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA03968
orignial url:

West Tithonium Scene