PIA06733: Fresh Crater
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a fairly small, fresh meteor impact crater in far southeastern Arabia Terra on Mars. The crater's bowl, rim, and ejecta exhibit numerous boulders.
 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 2944 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-803  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA06733.tif (4.734 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA06733.jpg (1.295 MB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

30 July 2004
This full-resolution (1.5 meters, 5 feet, per pixel) Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a fairly small, fresh meteor impact crater in far southeastern Arabia Terra. The crater's bowl, rim, and ejecta exhibit numerous boulders. The image covers an area about 3 km (1.9 mi) wide and is located near 6.9°S, 317.1°W. Sunlight illuminates the terrain from the left.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2004-07-30