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October 5th 05, 04:21 PM
MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR IMAGES
September 29 - October 5, 2005

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

o Collapse Pit (Released 29 September 2005)
http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2005/09/29

o Enhanced by Frost (Released 30 September 2005)
http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2005/09/30

o Defrosting South #2 (Released 01 October 2005)
http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2005/10/01

o Frozen CO2 (Released 02 October 2005)
http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2005/10/02

o Defrosting Spots (Released 03 October 2005)
http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2005/10/03

o Mars at Ls 306 Degrees (Released 04 October 2005)
http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2005/10/04

o Volcanic Pit Chain (Released 05 October 2005)
http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2005/10/05


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.