Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Title:
Dunes of Herschel
Original Caption Released with Image:
4 August 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows dark-toned sand dunes on the floor of the large martian impact crater, Herschel, located in the Terra Cimmeria region of Mars. The winds responsible for these dunes blew from the northeast (upper right).

Location near: 15.7°S, 228.6°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:
836 samples x 2083 lines
Producer ID:
MOC2-1173
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Crater
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:
August 2005
facet_when_year:
2005
Image #:
PIA04133
UID:
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA04133
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Dunes of Herschel