Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image of a 10 km by 12 km area of Coprates Chasma (14.7 degrees S, 55.8 degrees W), a ridge with a flat upper surface in the center of Coprates Chasma, which is part of the 6000-km-long Valles Marineris. Rock layers are visible just below the ridge. The gray scale (4.8 m/pixel) MOC image was combined with a Viking Orbiter color view of the same area. The faults of a graben offset beds on the slope to the left.
Figure caption from Science Magazine.
Name | Value | Additional Values |
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Target | Mars | |
System | ||
Target Type | Planet | |
Mission | Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) | Mariner, Viking |
Instrument Host | Mars Global Surveyor | |
Host Type | Orbiter | Flyby Spacecraft |
Instrument | Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) | |
Detector | ||
Extra Keywords | Color | |
Acquisition Date | ||
Release Date | 1998-03-13 | |
Date in Caption | ||
Image Credit | NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems | |
Source | photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00814 | |
Identifier | PIA00814 |