Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Title:
Candor Exposed
Original Caption Released with Image:
19 May 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows outcrops of light-toned rock, interpreted to be sedimentary in origin, in east Candor Chasma. The exposures of light-toned rock are separated by areas of windblown ripples and dark sand.

Location near: 8.2°S, 64.7°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Autumn
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:
1024 samples x 1936 lines
Producer ID:
MOC2-1467
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Mars
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_where:
Candor Chasm, Mars
facet_when:
19 May 2006
facet_when_year:
2006
Image #:
PIA08471
UID:
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA08471
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Candor Exposed