Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Title:
East Arabia Mesas
Original Caption Released with Image:
30 October 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows mesas and other eroded landforms in eastern Arabia Terra, near Huo Hsing Vallis. Arabia Terra is generally a cratered terrain that has been severely eroded, although the causes of the erosion -- and where all the material went when it was removed -- are not known.

Location near: 27.3°N, 293.2°W
Image width: width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Northern Summer
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 1484 lines
Producer ID:
MOC2-1266
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Mars
facet_what:
Terra
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:
30 October 2005
facet_when_year:
2005
Image #:
PIA03075
UID:
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA03075
orignial url:

East Arabia Mesas