Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Title:
South Polar Scene
Original Caption Released with Image:
8 October 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows two circular features in the south polar region of Mars. The circular features are degraded impact craters. The dark, irregular features in each crater are the remnants of a layer of material that probably once covered the entire scene, before being eroded away. All of the terrain in this image is covered by defrosting, seasonal carbon dioxide frost.

Location near: 79.5°S, 295.0°W
Image width: width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper 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:
672 samples x 1211 lines
Producer ID:
MOC2-1244
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Crater
facet_what:
Polar
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:
October 2005
facet_when_year:
2005
Image #:
PIA03020
UID:
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA03020
orignial url:

South Polar Scene