PIA07355: Martian Valentine's Day
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a heart-shaped hill surrounded by cracked terrain within a depression in far northwestern Arabia Terra, near the Cydonia 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:  836 x 1439 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1002  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA07355.tif (1.205 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA07355.jpg (245.6 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

14 February 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a heart-shaped hill surrounded by cracked terrain within a depression in far northwestern Arabia Terra, near the Cydonia region of Mars. Happy St. Valentine's Day from the MGS MOC team!

Location near: 39.1°N, 358.1°W
Image width: ~3.0 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Northern Spring

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2005-02-14