Mars Global Surveyor
Mars Orbiter Camera
Outcrop in Iani
MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-801, 28 July 2004
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This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a light-toned butte composed of layered, sedimentary rock in the Iani Chaos region of Mars. It is located near 1.6°S, 18.2°W. The picture covers an area about 3 km (1.9 mi) wide, and is illuminated by sunlight from the 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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