PIA08535: Designer Troughs
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a wide, flat-floored trough flanked by several smaller, branching troughs in the Olympica Fossae region of Mars. Dark- and intermediate-toned slope streaks, created by dry avalanches of dust, occur on the trough walls.
 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 2068 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1490  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA08535.tif (1.391 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA08535.jpg (369.7 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

11 June 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a wide, flat-floored trough flanked by several smaller, branching troughs in the Olympica Fossae region of Mars. Dark- and intermediate-toned slope streaks -- created by dry avalanches of dust -- occur on the trough walls.

Location near: 25.1°N, 113.8°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Northern Winter

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2006-06-11