PIA07947: Old Crater Bottom
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a circular mesa that is the remains of an old crater bottom. The crater was mostly washed away by floods that poured from the southeast toward the northwest in the Mangala Valles system 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 1033 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1091  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA07947.tif (864.7 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA07947.jpg (111.4 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

14 May 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a circular mesa that is the remains of an old crater bottom. The crater was mostly washed away by floods that poured from the southeast (lower right) toward the northwest (upper left) in the Mangala Valles system.

Location near: 16.4°S, 150.3°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Spring

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2005-05-14