Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Title:
Sirenum Fossae Troughs
Original Caption Released with Image:
21 October 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows two troughs/depressions formed along the trend of the Sirenum Fossae, a suite of very extensive troughs formed by faults that are radial to the giant Tharsis Bulge. As the Tharsis region bulged outward, adjacent terrain expanded and formed a series of long, extensional fault systems.

Location near: 26.4°S, 142.4°W
Image width: 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:
836 samples x 1615 lines
Producer ID:
MOC2-1257
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Mars
facet_what:
Surveyor
facet_what:
Fossae
facet_what:
Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter (MGS)
facet_what:
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
facet_where:
Mars
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_when:
21 October 2005
facet_when_year:
2005
Image #:
PIA03051
UID:
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA03051
orignial url:

Sirenum Fossae Troughs