PIA08601: Syrtis Plain
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows terrain southwest of Meroe Patera in Syrtis Major Planum, Mars. Impact craters are common throughout the scene, including a small impact crater with light-toned ejecta radiating outward from its rim.
 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 1088 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1521  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA08601.tif (732.1 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA08601.jpg (89.25 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

12 July 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows terrain southwest of Meroe Patera in Syrtis Major Planum, Mars. Wind streaks formed in the lee -- i.e., the downwind side -- of impact craters are common throughout the scene, including the small impact crater near the center of the image with light-toned ejecta radiating outward from its rim. Near the bottom (south) of the image, three light-toned slope streaks, created by dry mass movements of dust, extend down the sloping side walls of two overlapping impact craters.

Location near: 5.3°N, 295.4°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:
2006-07-12