PIA06855: Cracked Plain, Buried Craters
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a cracked plain in western Utopia Planitia on Mars. The three circular crack patterns indicate the location of three buried meteor impact craters.
 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:  835 x 1253 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-839  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA06855.tif (1.048 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA06855.jpg (314.9 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

4 September 2004
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a cracked plain in western Utopia Planitia. The three circular crack patterns indicate the location of three buried meteor impact craters. These landforms are located near 41.9°N, 275.9°W. The image covers an area approximately 3 km (1.9 mi) across. Sunlight illuminates this scene from the lower left.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2004-09-04