PIA07859: Hills and Flows
 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 1238 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1068
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA07859.tif (1.036 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA07859.jpg (169.3 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

21 April 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a plain covered by flow material that surrounded and banked against three older, rounded hills in the Zephyria region. Although some investigators have proposed that the flows covering plains in this region are the remains of an ice-covered lake, others have found considerable evidence, including small volcanoes, to suggest that the flows are volcanic. The textures on these flows resemble that of some of the lava flows in the volcanic Tharsis region of Mars.

Location near: 2.7°S, 195.7°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Winter

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2005-04-21