- Original Caption Released with Image:
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1 January 2004
This red wide angle Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
image shows Tikhonravov Crater in central Arabia Terra. The crater is
about 386 km (240 mi) in diameter and presents two impact craters at its
center that have dark patches of sand in them, giving the impression of
pupils in two eyes. North (above) each of these two craters lies a
dark-toned patch of surface material, providing the impression of
eyebrows. M. K. Tikhonravov was a leading Russian rocket engineer in
the 20th Century. The crater named for him, despite its large size, is
still partly buried, on its west side, beneath the heavily cratered
terrain of Arabia Terra. The center of Tikhonravov is near 13.5°N,
324.2°W. Sunlight illuminates the scene from the upper left.
- Image Credit:
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NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
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