PIA05534: Large Boulders in a Trough
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows
 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:  1024 x 1536 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-659  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA05534.tif (1.55 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA05534.jpg (190.1 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

8 March 2004
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows the walls and floor of a wide trough in the Sirenum Fossae region near 26.4°S, 140.7°W. Boulders rolled down the trough walls as they eroded out of the rock outcrops exposed on the upper slopes. Sunlight illuminates this scene from the upper left; the image covers an area 3 km (1.9 mi) wide.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2004-03-08