PIA08490: Transitions
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a variety of textures observed on a dust-covered plain in the Marte Valles 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:  1024 x 2300 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1474  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA08490.tif (2.358 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA08490.jpg (690.2 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

26 May 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a variety of textures observed on a dust-covered plain in the Marte Valles region of Mars. Textural variations across the scene include: areas that are littered with small impact craters, a channel-like feature that is dominated by mounds of a variety of sizes, small ripples and/or ridges, and relatively smooth, unremarkable terrain. The contact between the cratered plain and the area dominated by mounds marks one of the banks along the edge of one of the shallow valleys of the Marte Valles system.

Location near: 17.7°N, 175.0°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Northern Spring

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2006-05-26