PIA05258: Lonely Butte
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a lonely, light-toned butte composed of sedimentary rock in northern Sinus Meridiani 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 2002 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1214  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA05258.tif (2.052 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA05258.jpg (385 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

14 September 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a lonely, light-toned butte composed of sedimentary rock in northern Sinus Meridiani. The dark landscape that surrounds the butte was once covered by the same rocks that make up this lonely remnant.

Location near: 2.5°N, 4.2°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:
2005-09-14