Global Weather
Caption:
Twelve orbits a day provide the MOC wide angle cameras a global "snapshot" of weather patterns across the planet. Here, bluish-white water ice clouds hang above the Tharsis volcanoes. The map is a mosaic of 24 images taken on a single northern summer day in April 1999.
Cataloging Keywords:
Name |
Value |
Additional Values |
Target |
Mars |
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System |
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Target Type |
Planet |
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Mission |
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) |
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Instrument Host |
Mars Global Surveyor |
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Host Type |
Orbiter |
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Instrument |
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) |
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Detector |
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|
Extra Keywords |
Color, Map, Volcano, Water |
Acquisition Date |
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Release Date |
2000-06-01 |
Date in Caption |
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Image Credit |
NASA/JPL/MSSS |
Source |
photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA02066 |
Identifier |
PIA02066 |