Mars - Mars Global Surveyor

Boulders on a hill in Utopia Planitia, Mars

Mars
This image shows a boulder covered hill at 41 N, 207 W in the Utopia Planitia region of Mars. The image is about 2.2 km across and 3.3 km high. The boulders are the small specks on the top of the hill and are thought to be the remains of a layer of harder rock which was broken up and largely eroded away. North is approximately up, the local solar time is roughly 6:00 p.m. and the scene is illuminated from the left. (Mars Global Surveyor, MRPS94109)
Larger image: 345K

Location & Time Information
Date/Time (UT): 1998-09-03 T 05:09:26
Distance/Range (km): 304.54
Central Latitude/Longitude (deg): 41.0, 207.3 W
Orbit(s): 531

Imaging Information
Area or Feature Type: boulders, hill
Instrument: Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
Instrument Resolution (pixels): 2048 line array, 8-bit
Instrument Field of View (deg): 0.4
Filter: N/A
Illumination Incidence Angle (deg): 74.55
Phase Angle (deg): 74.54
Instrument Look Direction: N/A
Surface Emission Angle (deg): 0.14

Ordering Information
CD-ROM Volume: MGSC_0010 (raw image)
NASA Image ID number: MRPS94109
Other Image ID number:
NSSDC Data Set ID (Photo): XD-12A
NSSDC Data Set ID (CD): 96-062A-01A (raw image)
Other ID: P-50183, MOC2-77

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Dave Williams, dave.williams@nasa.gov, (301) 286-1258
Code 690.1, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA

Jay Friedlander, jay.s.friedlander@nasa.gov, (301) 286-7172
Code 612.4, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA

NASA Official: Dr. David R. Williams, David.R.Williams@nasa.gov
Last updated: 24 September 2015