PIA03998: Pair of Craters
 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:  2048 x 3968 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1152
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA03998.tif (8.135 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA03998.jpg (1.184 MB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

14 July 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a 1.5 meters per pixel (~5 ft/pixel) view of a pair of small meteor impact craters in the Arena Colles region of Mars, located north of Isidis Planitia.

Location near: 22.7°N, 278.5°W
Image width: width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Northern Autumn

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2005-07-14