PIA02079: Tharsis and Marineris
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Spacecraft:  Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter
 Instrument:  Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
 Product Size:  1241 x 803 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems
 Producer ID:  MOC2-156
 Addition Date:  2000-06-01
 Primary Data Set:  MGS EDRs
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA02079.tif (2.895 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA02079.jpg (150.1 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

This image is extracted from the global view shown in Slide #1. It features the Tharsis volcanoes (mostly covered by bluish-white water ice clouds) and the Valles Marineris trough system (to the right). This is a mosaic of global color images obtained on a single martian day in April 1999.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/MSSS

Image Addition Date:
2000-06-01