Mars Global Surveyor
Mars Orbiter Camera
Valentine 2006
MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-1373, 14 February 2006
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems |
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NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems |
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Happy Valentine's Day from the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team! This somewhat heart-shaped, eroded and partially-filled crater is located near the southeast wall of Columbus Crater in the Mare Sirenum region of Mars. North is toward the bottom/lower left. |
| Location near: 29.9°S, 165.2°W |
| 400 meter scale bar = ~1,312 feet |
| Illumination from: lower right |
| Season: Southern Autumn |
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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