PIA06353: Pits on Ascraeus
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows collapse pits and troughs on the lower northeast flank of the giant martian volcano, Ascraeus Mons 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:  836 x 2822 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1230  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA06353.tif (2.362 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA06353.jpg (339.7 kB)  

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24 September 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows collapse pits and troughs on the lower northeast flank of the giant martian volcano, Ascraeus Mons. Layers of volcanic rock are evident in some of the pit and valley walls, and boulders the size of houses and trucks that were liberated from these walls by gravity can be seen on the floors of the depressions.

Location near: 13.6°N, 102.6°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:
2005-09-24