PIA08548: Martian Spectacles
Target Name: Mars
Is a satellite of: Sol (our sun)
Mission: Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Spacecraft: Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter
Instrument: Mars Orbiter Camera
Product Size: 672 samples x 1278 lines
Produced By: Malin Space Science Systems
Producer ID: MOC2-1498
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Original Caption Released with Image:

19 June 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a pair of partially-buried impact craters which are being exhumed on a plain east of Hellas in the Promethei Terra region Mars.

Location near: 45.5°S, 256.5°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Autumn

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2006-06-19