Detail View: NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection: Into the Void
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Title:
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Into the Void
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Original Caption Released with Image:
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17 May 2006 This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a portion of a chain of pits on a lava- and dust-covered plain northwest of Tharsis Tholus -- one of the many volcanic constructs in the Tharsis region of Mars. Pit chains, such as this one, are associated with the collapse of surface materials into subsurface voids formed by faulting and expansion -- or extension -- of the bedrock. Location near: 16.4°N, 92.6°W Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi) Illumination from: lower left Season: Northern Winter
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Image Credit:
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NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
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Produced By:
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Malin Space Science Systems
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Mission:
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Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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Spacecraft:
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Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter
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Target Name:
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Mars
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Is a satellite of:
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Sol (our sun)
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Instrument:
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Mars Orbiter Camera
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Product Size:
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1024 samples x 1512 lines
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Producer ID:
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MOC2-1465
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facet_what:
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Mars
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facet_where:
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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facet_when:
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17 May 2006
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facet_when_year:
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2006
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Image #:
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PIA08469
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UID:
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SPD-PHOTJ-PIA08469
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original url:
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http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA08469
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