PIA03021: Martian Flows
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows several overlapping lava flows located on the vast plains east of the volcano, Ascraeus Mons on Mars. Hundreds of lava flows cover the plains from Ascraeus Mons eastward to Kasei Valles.
 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 1600 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1245  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA03021.tif (1.077 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA03021.jpg (173.5 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

9 October 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows several overlapping lava flows located on the vast plains east of the volcano, Ascraeus Mons. Hundreds of lava flows cover the plains from Ascraeus Mons eastward to Kasei Valles. These flows have largely been mantled by fine dust; a few areas in the image exhibit dark streaks, where wind gusts have stripped away some of this thin dust mantle.

Location near: 5.2°N, 86.7°W
Image width: width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Northern Autumn

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2005-10-09