PIA07947: Old Crater Bottom


Old Crater Bottom

Caption:

14 May 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a circular mesa that is the remains of an old crater bottom. The crater was mostly washed away by floods that poured from the southeast (lower right) toward the northwest (upper left) in the Mangala Valles system.

Location near : 16.4°S, 150.3°W
Image width : ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from : upper left
Season : Southern Spring

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
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2005-05-14
Date in Caption 2005-05-14
Image Credit NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA07947
Identifier PIA07947