PIA01696: East Tithonium Chasma Wall, Valles 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:  819 x 1993 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems
 Producer ID:  MOC2-109 P50303 MRPS94633
 Addition Date:  2000-06-17
 Primary Data Set:  MGS EDRs
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA01696.tif (1.32 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA01696.jpg (222.8 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

Layers of wall rock, windblown drifts, and landslide deposits can be seen in this new [sic] view of the wall of Tithonium Chasma in the Valles Marineris trough system. The picture covers an area 3 kilometers (1.9 miles) wide by about 11 kilometers (6.8 miles) long and is illuminated from the lower right. The Mars Orbiter Camera on board the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft acquired this dramatic picture in early April 1999.

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, CA. 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, CA and Denver, CO.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/MSSS

Image Addition Date:
2000-06-17