PIA10132: Global View of Mars Topography
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows Candor Chasma, part of the large Martian canyon system named Valles Marineris.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) 
 Spacecraft:  Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter
 Instrument:  MOLA 
 Product Size:  2502 x 1320 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA10132.tif (3.306 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA10132.jpg (791.3 kB)  

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This global map of Mars is based on topographical information collected by the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter instrument on NASA's Mars Global Surveyor orbiter. Illumination is from the upper right. The image width is approximately 18,000 kilometers (11,185 miles). Candor Chasma forms part of the large Martian canyon system named Valles Marineris. The location of Southwest Candor Chasma is indicated in the annotated version.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image Addition Date:
2007-12-11