PIA03260: Lonely Crater
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows an old meteor impact crater, somewhat filled with sediment. This crater is located near a larger crater, Newcomb, in far northern Noachis Terra on Mars.
 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:  1024 x 1784 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1321  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA03260.tif (1.829 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA03260.jpg (201.6 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

24 December 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a full-resolution (1.5 meters/5 feet per pixel) view of an old meteor impact crater, somewhat filled with sediment. This crater is located near a larger crater, Newcomb, in far northern Noachis Terra.

Location near: 22.1°S, 1.1°W
Image width: ~1 km (~0.6 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Spring

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2005-12-24