PIA02066: Global Weather
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a global 'snapshot' of weather patterns across Mars. Here, bluish-white water ice clouds hang above the Tharsis volcanoes.
 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:  2304 x 1152 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-143  
 Addition Date:  2000-06-01 
 Primary Data Set:  MGS EDRs 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA02066.tif (6.258 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA02066.jpg (327.8 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

Twelve orbits a day provide the MOC wide angle cameras a global "snapshot" of weather patterns across the planet. Here, bluish-white water ice clouds hang above the Tharsis volcanoes. The map is a mosaic of 24 images taken on a single northern summer day in April 1999.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/MSSS

Image Addition Date:
2000-06-01