Mars Camera Shows New Details of Collapsed Sand-Filled Basins

Posted by tourdemars to Mars Global Surveyor at October 18, 1999 12:00 PM

The uneven tumult of the "chaotic terrain" of Mars' equatorial latitudes is showcased in vivid detail in a new image from Mars Global Surveyor's orbiting camera. The image shows large low-lying basins filled with sand dunes that lie between bordering bluffs and crater-pocked highlands.