PIA06104: Number 8
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a spotted, high latitude plain, south of the Argyre basin 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:  672 x 968 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1357  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA06104.tif (651.4 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA06104.jpg (130.7 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

29 January 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a spotted, high latitude plain, south of the Argyre basin. When the image was received from Mars by the MOC operations team, they noticed -- with a sense of humor -- the number "8" on this martian surface. The "8" is located at the center-right and is formed by the rims of two old impact craters that have been eroded and partly-filled and partly-buried beneath the surface.

Location near: 68.6°S, 38.4°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Summer

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2006-01-29