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Perspective view, looking north-west, from behind the 'hourglass' crater
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- Title Perspective view, looking north-west, from behind the 'hourglass' crater
- Released 27/03/2006 3:45 pm
- Copyright ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum)
- Description
This image was acquired by ESA's Mars Express during orbit 451 from an altitude of 590 kilometres with an original resolution of 29 metres per pixel.
The unusual 'hourglass'-shaped structure, seen here at the top of the image, is located in the southern-hemisphere highland terrain of Promethei Terra at the eastern rim of the Hellas Basin, at about latitude 38º South and longitude 104º East.