NASA Mars Picture of the Day: Mesa with Apron
Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera
MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-1594, 23 September 2006
 NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems |
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This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a mesa and an impact grater just east of Phlegra Montes. The mesa is the eroded remnant of a once more extensive terrain. An apron of material surrounds the mesa. |
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Location near: 38.5°N, 193.4°W |
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Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi) |
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Illumination from: lower left |
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Season: Northern 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.
