MGS Approach Image - Syrtis Major Region

Credit: NASA/STScI/ESA · Download full size image

This image was acquired by the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) on August 20, 1997, when MGS was 5.51 million kilometers (3.42 million miles) and 22 days from encounter. image shows the prominent dark feature Syrtis Major, believed to be a relatively dust-free area of bedrock outcrop and sand dunes. Posted on: 19 Mar, 2003

• Sun
• Mercury
• Venus
• Earth
• Mars
• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Uranus
• Neptune
• Pluto
• The Moon
• ESA Earth Images
• Blue Marble

Latest Thoughts

Share Your Thoughts

---

---

---