PIA02012: Lower Northeastern Flank of Tyrrhena Patera
 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 1330 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems
 Producer ID:  MOC2-122 P50336 MRPS94806
 Addition Date:  1999-05-04
 Primary Data Set:  MGS EDRs
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA02012.tif (903.5 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA02012.jpg (153.2 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

Tyrrhenna Patera is thought to be an ancient volcano. It is located in Hesperia Planum in the martian southern hemisphere. The Mars Orbiter Camera recently acquired this view of escarpments and valleys on the lower northeast flank of the volcano. Small, bright dunes cover low areas such as valley and crater floors. The picture is illuminated from the lower right and covers an area 3 kilometers (1.9 miles) across.

Malin Space Science Systems and the California Institute of Technology built the MOC using spare hardware from the Mars Observer mission. MSSS operates the camera from its facilities in San Diego, CA. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Mars Surveyor Operations Project operates the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft with its industrial partner, Lockheed Martin Astronautics, from facilities in Pasadena, CA and Denver, CO.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/MSSS

Image Addition Date:
1999-05-04