Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Title:
Small, Bouldery Crater
Original Caption Released with Image:
30 April 2004
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a relatively young impact crater located in southeastern Arabia Terra near 4.8°N, 313.9°W. It is about 1 kilometer (about six tenths of a mile) in diameter, roughly the size of the famous Meteor Crater in northern Arizona, U.S.A. Indeed, the Arizona crater may once have looked very similar to this, but erosion on Earth has been more vigorous than on the modern Mars. Large boulders, many of them bigger than a typical house, can be seen in the ejecta blanket and on the crater floor. Fine, bright dust, common throughout Arabia Terra, has thinly mantled all but the steepest slopes. The image is illuminated by sunlight from the left/upper left. The picture covers an area about 3 km (1.9 mi) across.
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:
1672 samples x 2508 lines
Producer ID:
MOC2-712
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Crater
facet_what:
Earth
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:
Arizona
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_when:
30 April 2004
facet_when_year:
2004
Image #:
PIA05846
UID:
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA05846
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Small, Bouldery Crater