PIA02074: Fretted Terrain Crater
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a crater is in northern Arabia Terra taken in April 1998. Some craters in the middle latitudes of Mars exhibit strange, concentric- and radial-textured patterns on their floors.
 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:  1024 x 1514 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-151  
 Addition Date:  2000-06-01 
 Primary Data Set:  MGS EDRs 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA02074.tif (1.521 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA02074.jpg (324.6 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

Some craters in the middle latitudes of Mars exhibit strange, concentric- and radial-textured patterns on their floors--as seen here. The origin is presently unknown. This crater is in northern Arabia Terra, and the picture was taken in April 1998.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/MSSS

Image Addition Date:
2000-06-01