PIA04683: Bouldery Surface
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows part of the boulder-strewn surface of an ejecta deposit from a meteor impact crater in Noachis Terra 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:  540 x 810 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA04683.tif (438.1 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA04683.jpg (86.77 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-449, 11 August 2003

This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) high resolution image shows part of the boulder-strewn surface of an ejecta deposit from a meteor impact crater in Noachis Terra at 49.7°S, 341.6°W. The impact process ejects bouldery debris from the crater and deposits it all around the outside of the crater. Sunlight illuminates the scene from the upper left.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2003-08-20