MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-527, 28 October 2003

This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) picture shows a meteor impact crater in central Syrtis Major. This is a relatively young crater; its ejecta patterns are very well preserved and have not been eroded away by wind or buried by fine sediment. The crater is located near 8.5°N, 295.2°W. The picture covers an area 3 km (1.9 mi) wide and is illuminated by sunlight from the left/upper left.