Mars Global Surveyor
Mars Orbiter Camera
Lower Northeastern Flank of Tyrrhena Patera
MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-122, 4 May 1999
Tyrrhenna Patera is thought to be an ancient volcano. It is located in
Hesperia Planum in the martian southern hemisphere. The Mars Orbiter Camera
recently acquired this view of escarpments and valleys on the lower
northeast flank of the volcano. Small, bright dunes cover
low areas such as valley and crater floors. The
picture is illuminated from the lower right and covers an area 3 kilometers
(1.9 miles) across.
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,
CA. 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, CA
and Denver, CO.
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