NASA Mars Picture of the Day: Herschel’s Dunes 12-28-2005
Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera
MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-1325, 28 December 2005
 NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems |
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows low-albedo sand dunes in Herschel Crater in the Mare Cimmerium region of the martian southern hemisphere. Winds responsible for these dunes generally blow from the north (top). |
Location near: 14.5°S, 231.7°W |
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi) |
Illumination from: lower left |
Season: Southern Summer |
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.
