PIA02066: Global Weather


Global Weather

Caption:

Twelve orbits a day provide the MOC wide angle cameras a global "snapshot" of weather patterns across the planet. Here, bluish-white water ice clouds hang above the Tharsis volcanoes. The map is a mosaic of 24 images taken on a single northern summer day in April 1999.

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 Color, Map, Volcano, Water
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2000-06-01
Date in Caption
Image Credit NASA/JPL/MSSS
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA02066
Identifier PIA02066