PIA08524: Intersection
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a small portion of a dust-covered plain directly north of Labyrinthus Noctis on Mars which is cut by three linear troughs.
 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:  2048 x 4736 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1488  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA08524.tif (9.709 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA08524.jpg (1.125 MB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

9 June 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a small portion of a dust-covered plain directly north of Labyrinthus Noctis which is cut by three linear troughs. The two long troughs running diagonally from the lower left (southwest) to the upper right (northeast) are connected by a third, shorter trough. Boulders derived from erosion of layered rock in the trough walls are seen perched on the sloping sidewalls and resting on the trough floors among giant windblown ripples.

Location near: 0.2°N, 105.0°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Northern Spring

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2006-06-09