Intersection
June 20, 2012
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a small portion of a dust-covered plain directly north of Labyrinthus Noctis which is cut by three linear troughs. The two long troughs running diagonally from the lower left (southwest) to the upper right (northeast) are connected by a third, shorter trough. Boulders derived from erosion of layered rock in the trough walls are seen perched on the sloping sidewalls and resting on the trough floors among giant windblown ripples. MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-1488, 9 June 2006
Credits: NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
Credits: NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
Topics:
Malin Space Science Systems, Mars Global Surveyor, Mars, Coprates quadrangle, Noctis Labyrinthus, Trough
