PIA07891: Lava Flow Front
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the margins and front of a large lava flow located on the plains southeast of Ascraeus Mons in the Tharsis region of Mars. Tharsis is the site of the majority of martian volcanoes and lava 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:  672 x 1132 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1078  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA07891.tif (761.7 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA07891.jpg (185.8 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

1 May 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows the margins and front of a large lava flow located on the plains southeast of Ascraeus Mons in the Tharsis region. Tharsis is the site of the majority of martian volcanoes and lava flows. In this case, lava flowed from left (west) to right (east) and flowed no further east than the margins of the flow seen in this picture.

Location near: 5.4°N, 102.1°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Northern Summer

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2005-05-01