PIA05796: Hill in Propontis
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a rounded knob in the Propontis region of Mars. Dark dots on the hilltop and slopes are house-sized (and larger) boulders.
 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 1008 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-704  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA05796.tif (678.3 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA05796.jpg (127.7 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

22 April 2004
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) picture shows a rounded knob in the Propontis region of Mars near 43.1°N, 182.3°W. Dark dots on the hilltop and slopes are house-sized (and larger) boulders. The picture covers an area about 3 km (1.9 mi) across. Sunlight illuminates the scene from the lower left.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2004-04-22