Mars Global Surveyor
Mars Orbiter Camera
Argyre Planitia Scene
MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-969, 12 January 2005
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This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows buttes, craters, and exhuming impact craters in central Argyre Planitia. This wintertime view is illuminated by sunlight from the upper left and covers an area bout 3 km (1.9 mi) wide. The picture is located near 52.5°S, 42.6°W.
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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