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Platy Flows
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Caption:
2 June 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows some of the platy flow material in the Zephyria region of Mars. The materials have impact craters in them, suggesting that they are composed of solid rock rather than ice. Some investigators have proposed that these materials are part of a vast ice-covered lake or sea, but the impact craters formed in the material suggest that it is not ice. Other investigators have cited evidence for an origin by very fluid lavas; some of the evidence includes small volcanoes scattered throughout the region.
Location near
: 3.7°S, 195.5°W
Image width
: ~3 km (~1.9 mi
Illumination from
: upper left
Season
: Southern Winter
Cataloging Keywords:
| Name | Value | Additional Values |
|---|---|---|
| Target | Mars | |
| System | ||
| Target Type | Planet | |
| Mission | Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) | |
| Instrument Host | Mars Global Surveyor | |
| Host Type | Orbiter | |
| Instrument | Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) | |
| Detector | ||
| Extra Keywords | Crater, Grayscale, Impact, Volcano | |
| Acquisition Date | ||
| Release Date | 2005-06-02 | |
| Date in Caption | 2005-06-02 | |
| Image Credit | NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems | |
| Source | photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA03925 | |
| Identifier | PIA03925 | |
