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PIA01890: Dust-Mantled Olympus Mons Flows
 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:  672 x 1218 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1610
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA01890.tif (819.5 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA01890.jpg (136.6 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

27 November 2006
Dust-covered lava flows on the lowermost south flank of Olympus Mons are captured in this 3 kilometers (1.9 miles) wide Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) view acquired during northern summer on 12 October 2006. One leveed lava channel just south (below) the center left of the image disappears into a thick, pitted and cratered dust mantle. Sunlight illuminates the scene from the left/upper left. The image is located near 13.8°N, 134.1°W. North is toward the top/upper right.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2006-11-27