PIA03628: Polar Pit
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the gullied wall of a pit in the south polar region of Mars. The dark area is a patch of windblown and wind-eroded sand.
 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 1192 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1306  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA03628.tif (802.1 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA03628.jpg (96.87 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

9 December 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows the gullied wall of a pit in the south polar region of Mars. The dark area is a patch of windblown and wind-eroded sand.

Location near: 71.4°S, 357.7°W
Image width: width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Summer

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2005-12-09