PIA03954: Candor Chasma Features
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows dark, windblown sand and an eroded slope of massively-bedded, light-toned, sedimentary rock. These landforms are located in east/central Candor Chasma on Mars.
 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 1079 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1125  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA03954.tif (903.2 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA03954.jpg (90.14 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

17 June 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows dark, windblown sand and an eroded slope of massively-bedded, light-toned, sedimentary rock. These landforms are located in east/central Candor Chasma.

Location near: 6.8°S, 71.7°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Spring

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2005-06-17