Marine Picks First Public Mars Global Surveyor Image

Posted by tourdemars to Mars Global Surveyor at September 12, 2003 12:00 PM

If you were given a chance to aim the camera on NASA's Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter and take a picture of something on the red planet, what would you shoot? Now we know, after NASA released today the first picture selected from hundreds of public suggestions. The photo reveals a thick layer of dust blanketing the floor and wall of the summit crater atop a tall volcano called Pavonis Mons.