PIA06877: Impact Crater
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows fine details in the walls and floor of a meteor impact crater located immediately west of the Lycus Sulci ridged terrain on Mars. The walls of the crater exhibit the finely-detailed layering of the local bedrock.
 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:  836 x 2755 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-858  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA06877.tif (2.306 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA06877.jpg (396.4 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

23 September 2004
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows fine details in the walls and floor of a meteor impact crater located immediately west of the Lycus Sulci ridged terrain, northwest of the volcano, Olympus Mons. The walls of the crater exhibit the finely-detailed layering of the local bedrock. This crater is centered near 31.4°N, 147.7°W. The image covers an area approximately 3 km (1.9 mi) across and is illuminated by sunlight from the lower left.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2004-09-23