PIA03075: East Arabia Mesas
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows mesas and other eroded landforms in eastern Arabia Terra, near Huo Hsing Vallis on Mars. Arabia Terra is generally a cratered terrain that has been severely eroded.
 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:  836 x 1484 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1266  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA03075.tif (1.242 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA03075.jpg (215.5 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

30 October 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows mesas and other eroded landforms in eastern Arabia Terra, near Huo Hsing Vallis. Arabia Terra is generally a cratered terrain that has been severely eroded, although the causes of the erosion -- and where all the material went when it was removed -- are not known.

Location near: 27.3°N, 293.2°W
Image width: width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Northern Summer

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2005-10-30