PIA02079: Tharsis and Marineris


Tharsis and Marineris

Caption:

This image is extracted from the global view shown in Slide #1. It features the Tharsis volcanoes (mostly covered by bluish-white water ice clouds) and the Valles Marineris trough system (to the right). This is a mosaic of global color images obtained on a single martian day in April 1999.

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 Camera (MOC)
Detector
Extra Keywords Color, Volcano, Water
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2000-06-01
Date in Caption
Image Credit NASA/JPL/MSSS
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA02079
Identifier PIA02079