PIA04743: Ascraeus Mons Pits
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a suite of collapse pits on the northeast flank of the volcano, Ascraeus Mons 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:  2045 x 3068 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA04743.tif (6.28 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA04743.jpg (1.432 MB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-482, 13 September 2003

This August 2003 Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a suite of collapse pits on the northeast flank of the volcano, Ascraeus Mons. These pits are aligned along the trend of faults that are not well exposed at the surface; the faults are concentric to the volcano summit. The image is located near 13.0°N, 103.2°W. This picture covers an area 3 km (1.9 mi) across and is illuminated by sunlight from the lower left.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2003-09-19