PIA07350: Chasma Boreale Dunes


Chasma Boreale Dunes

Caption:

9 February 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows dark sand dunes overlying an eroded, layered substrate in Chasma Boreale, amid the materials of the martian north polar cap.

Location near : 84.5°N, 358.3°W <br .=""/> Image width : ~3.0 km (~1.9 mi) <br .=""/> Illumination from : lower left <br .=""/> Season : Northern Summer <br .=""/>

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 Dune, Grayscale
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2005-02-08
Date in Caption 2005-02-09
Image Credit NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA07350
Identifier PIA07350