PIA08673: Hole in Ground
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows some a modest-sized meteor impact crater in the Elysium Planitia region of Mars. The dark spot inside the crater is, most likely, a patch of windblown sand and silt.
 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 1662 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1557  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA08673.tif (1.704 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA08673.jpg (333.4 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

17 August 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a modest-sized meteor impact crater in the Elysium Planitia region of Mars. The dark spot inside the crater is, most likely, a patch of windblown sand and silt. This crater is nearly twice the size of the famous Meteor Crater in northern Arizona in North America.

Location near: 31.8°N, 243.4°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:
2006-08-17