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PIA04766: Pits and Layers

This image from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows pits formed by faulting and collapse in the Tractus Fossae region of Mars. The faulting and pitting processes have exposed the layered bedrock.

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:	844 x 1266 pixels (w x h)
Produced By:	Malin Space Science Systems
Full-Res TIFF:	PIA04766.tif (1.043 MB)
Full-Res JPEG:	PIA04766.jpg (116.8 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-496, 27 September 2003

This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image, acquired in February 2003, shows pits formed by faulting and collapse in the Tractus Fossae region of Mars. The faulting and pitting processes have exposed the layered bedrock. Boulders, many of them now mantled by dust, have rolled down to the bottom of the larger pit. Dark streaks on the pit walls result from avalanches of dust. This picture is located near 23.7°N, 104.0°W, and covers an area 3 km (1.9 mi) wide. Sunlight illuminates the scene from the left.

Image Credit:

NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:

2003-09-29