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PIA07125: Northern Plains "Crater"
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the location of a somewhat filled and buried meteor impact crater on the northern plains of Mars. The dark dots are 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:  1020 x 1530 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-936  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA07125.tif (1.562 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA07125.jpg (505.8 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

10 December 2004
The lower left (southwest) corner of this Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows the location of a somewhat filled and buried meteor impact crater on the northern plains of Mars. The dark dots are boulders. A portion of a similar feature is seen in the upper right (northeast) corner of the image. This picture, showing landforms (including the odd mound north/northeast of the crater) that are typical of the martian northern lowland plains, was obtained as part of the MGS MOC effort to support the search for a landing site for the Phoenix Mars Scout lander. Phoenix will launch in 2007 and land on the northern plains in 2008. This image is located near 68.0°N, 227.4°W, and covers an area approximately 3 km (1.9 mi) wide. The scene is illuminated by sunlight from the lower left.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2004-12-10