PIA02808: MOLA Global Roughness Map of Mars


MOLA Global Roughness Map of Mars

Caption:

The median of slopes in 35-km windows indicate the typical roughness on 300-meter baselines. The rougher nature of the heavily cratered terrain in the Southern Hemisphere is apparent, as well as that of Valles Marineris (12S, 289E) canyon walls and the Olympus Mons (18N, 227E) aureole deposits. The Northern Lowlands are smooth, especially Amazonis Planitia (16N, 202E), a region to the west of Olympus Mons, were typical median slopes on these baselines are often smaller than 0.1 degree. A shaded relief map of the topography is overlaid is monochrome.

Cataloging Keywords:

Name Value Additional Values
Target Mars
System
Target Type Planet
Mission Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mariner
Instrument Host Mars Global Surveyor
Host Type Orbiter Flyby Spacecraft
Instrument Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA)
Detector
Extra Keywords Color, Crater, Map, Mountain
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2000-10-06
Date in Caption
Image Credit NASA/JPL/GSFC
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA02808
Identifier PIA02808