PIA06416: Collapse Pit
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a large collapse pit (and portions of several smaller pits) in the Tractus Fossae portion of the Tharsis region of 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:  2048 x 5042 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1235  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA06416.tif (10.34 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA06416.jpg (2.481 MB)  

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29 September 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a 1.5 meters (5 feet) per pixel view of a large collapse pit (and portions of several smaller pits) in the Tractus Fossae portion of the Tharsis region of Mars. Such collapses usually occur along faults formed by expansion and pulling apart of the planet's upper crust.

Location near: 22.5°N, 101.4°W
Image width: width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Northern Autumn

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2005-09-29