Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Title:
Valles Marineris Features
Original Caption Released with Image:
17 October 2004
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows light-toned, ripple-like, windblown bedforms and ridges with dark talus accumulations on their slopes in the western portion of the vast Valles Marineris trough system. These features are located near Oudemans Crater around 7.6°S, 91.2°W. The image covers an area about 3 km (1.9 mi) wide and sunlight illuminates the scene from the upper left.
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 1254 lines
Producer ID:
MOC2-882
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Crater
facet_what:
Mars
facet_what:
Surveyor
facet_what:
Valles
facet_what:
Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter (MGS)
facet_what:
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
facet_where:
Mars
facet_where:
Valles Marineris, Mars
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_when:
17 October 2004
facet_when_year:
2004
Image #:
PIA06943
UID:
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA06943
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Valles Marineris Features