[meteorite-list] Mars Global Surveyor Image of the Week - October 30, 2006

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Oct 31 13:02:53 2006
Message-ID: <200610311802.KAA01636_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR
Image of the Week
October 30, 2006

The following new image taken by the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) on
the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft is now available:

o Light-toned Rock Outcrop in Aureum Chaos (Released 30 October 2006)
  http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2006/10/30

Image Caption:

This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows
an outcrop of light-toned, layered, sedimentary rock in Aureum Chaos.
The darker material, which includes ripples, is composed of windblown
sand and granules. This scene is located near 3.8S, 26.2W, and
covers an area roughly 7.7 km by 3 km (4.8 by 1.9 mi) wide. Sunlight
illuminates the terrain from the top/upper right. This southern
autumn image was acquired on 14 July 2006.

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All of the Mars Global Surveyor images are archived here:

http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/index.html

Mars Global Surveyor was launched in November 1996 and has been
in Mars orbit since September 1997. It began its primary
mapping mission on March 8, 1999. Mars Global Surveyor is the
first mission in a long-term program of Mars exploration known as
the Mars Surveyor Program that is managed by JPL for NASA's Office
of Space Science, Washington, DC. Malin Space Science Systems (MSSS)
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.
Received on Tue 31 Oct 2006 01:02:50 PM PST