NASA Mars Picture of the Day: Daedalia Flow
Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera
MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-1117, 9 June 2005
 NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems |
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a portion of a lava flow in the Daedalia Planum region of Mars, south of the volcano, Arsia Mons. Daedalia Planum is known for its abundance of ancient, long, lava flows. |
Location near: 22.7°S, 116.9°W |
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi) |
Illumination from: upper left |
Season: Southern Spring |
Malin Space Science Systems and the California Institute of Technology
built the MOC using spare hardware from the Mars Observer mission.
MSSS operates the camera from its facilities in San Diego, California.
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Mars Surveyor Operations Project
operates the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft with its industrial
partner, Lockheed Martin Astronautics, from facilities in Pasadena,
California and Denver, Colorado.
