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PIA00191: Center is at Latitude 30 Degrees South., Longitude 330 Degrees
Heavily cratered highlands dominate this view from NASA's Viking Orbiter 1. Toward the lower right, a conspicuous light-colored circular depression marks the ancient large Hellas impact basin.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Viking 
 Spacecraft:  Viking Orbiter 1
 Instrument:  Visual Imaging Subsystem - Camera A 
 Product Size:  6787 x 6787 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  U.S. Geological Survey 
 Producer ID:  P43559  
 Addition Date:  1998-06-08 
 Primary Data Set:  Viking EDRs 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA00191.tif (66.74 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA00191.jpg (2.173 MB)  

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Center of the orthographic projection is at latitude 30 degrees S., longitude 330 degrees. Heavily cratered highlands dominate this view. Toward the lower right, a conspicuous light-colored circular depression marks the ancient large Hellas impact basin. Directly northeast of Hellas, several large ancient impacts dot the landscape, including Cassini, Schiaparelli, and Huygens. Several large outflow channels are located in the upper left-hand corner. The permanent, residual south polar ice cap is located near the bottom.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/USGS

Image Addition Date:
1998-06-08