Mars Global Surveyor
Mars Orbiter Camera
South Polar Mesas and Hills
MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-686, 4 April 2004
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This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a mesa and two hills--each of them a remnant of formerly more extensive layered material--in the south polar region of Mars. The dark streaks were formed by passing dust devils. This picture is located near 64.6°S, 340.5°W. The image covers an area about 3 km (1.9 mi) across. Sunlight illuminates the scene from the upper left.
Malin Space Science Systems and the California Institute of Technology built the MOC using spare hardware from the Mars Observer mission. MSSS operates the camera from its facilities in San Diego, California. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Mars Surveyor Operations Project operates the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft with its industrial partner, Lockheed Martin Astronautics, from facilities in Pasadena, California and Denver, Colorado.
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