MOC Selected Images Index
Mars Unearthed
This section contains images returned by the Mars Orbiter Camera aboard the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft. Click on the links below to view images and access original images at Malin Space Science Systems.

001 Becquerel Crater
Bridge like formation at 21.64 north

002 North Polar Region #1
Oval dunes at 84.84 north.

003 Aram Chaos
Chaotic terrain at 2.64 north.

004 Solis Planum
Brightly illuminated dunes and "steps" at 31.19 south.

005 Arabia Terra Craters
Radial slope streaks in three craters.

006 Terra Meridiani
Three unusual aligned features at 1.14 south.

007 Terra Meridiani #2
Three partially exhumed craters at 1.14 south.

008 Uzboi Vallis
Unusual branching formation at 27.62 south.

009 Acidalia
Linear dune patterns in three large surface cracks at 39.20 north.

010 Argyre Planitia
Dust devil track images from Argyre and Argyre Planitia.

011 South Polar Region
Unusual crater pattern in defrosting terrain at 86.32 south.

012 South Polar Region #2
Dark, branching growth-like pattern at 79.58 south.

013 Candor Chasma
An interesting illusion at 5.52 south.

014 Eos Chasma
Dust slides and falls at 11.56 south.

015 A.C.Clarke's "Trees"
Branching tree-like features at 82.02 south.

016 Inca City
Rectilinear features at 81.48 south.

017 South Polar Region #3
Thawing crater dune field at 65.42 south.

018 Aonia Terra
A strange object or formation at 49.55 south.

019 South Polar Region #4
Possible runoff at 72.80 south.

020 South Polar Region, #5
Possible pooling in a crater basin at 65.15 south.

021 Terra Meridiani #3
Cluster of craters at 2.17 south.

022 Candor Chasma #2
Stratified rock at 5.74 south.

023 South Polar Region #6
Possible runoff at 71.45 south.

024 Argyre Planitia #2
Dust Devil Nursery at 52.37 south.

025 Ophir Chasma
Western floor of Ophir Chasma at 3.77 south.

026 South Polar Region #7
Bright "luminous" spots at 76.94 south.

027 Noachis Region
Dust devil tracks over mounds at 50.01 south.

028 South Polar Region #8
Unusual branching features at 78.47 south.

029 Western Utopia
Cracked crater and possible smoke at 43.50 north.

030 Ius Chasma
Multi-colored dunes at 8.22 south.

031 South Polar Region #9
Unusual branching formations at 77.32 south.

032 North Polar Region, #2
Frost covered dunes at 84.65 north.

033 Noachis Terra
Dark dunes at 47.91 south.

034 Melas Chasma
Possible lava flows at 9.41 south.

035 Terra Meridiani #4
Unusual object or formation at 2.05 south.

036 Noachis Terra #2
Possible recent liquid flow at 54.84 south.

037 Hebes Chasm
Unusual block, cave, and canopy-like features at 0.86 south.

038 Sinus Meridiani
Wild dune fields at 3.88 south.

039 South Polar Cap
Beautiful defrosting terrain at 86.77 south.

040 Noachis Terra #3
Possible liquid flow in a crater wall at 49.75 south.

041 Semeykin Crater
Possible smoke or steam at 41.53 north.

042 Arabia Terra
Wild patterns on a crater wall at 4.13 north.

043 South Polar Region #10
Strange landscape at 76.83 south.

044 Maja Vallis
Light and dark material emanating from a ridge at 15.78 north

045 Aram Chaos
Bridge-like formation at 3.08 north.

046 South Polar Region #11
Possible lake at 78.75 south.

047 North Polar Region #3
Unusual formations at 76.38 north.

048 Oxia Palus
Layered terrain delineated by dark wind-blown material at 8.02 north.

049 Lunae Palus
Rope-shaped landforms at 24.08 north.

050 South Polar Region #12
Clam-like formations near 87.00 south.

051 North Polar Region #4
Defrosting mounds at 73.07 north.

052 South Polar Region #13
Tangled looking, cracked terrain at 79.38 south.

053 South Polar Region #14
Frost and/or ice left on the floor of a crater at 78.47 south.

054 South Polar Region #15
Recent liquid-carved gullies at 70.47 south.

055 Hellas Region
Dust devil caught in the act at 54.09 south.

056 South Polar Region #16
Wild, cracked terrain at 67.67 south.

057 South Polar Region #17
Dark seasonal spots at 66.47 south.

058 South Polar Region #18
Gullies at 70.83 south.

059 Bahram Vallis
Ancient landslide at 20.80 north.

060 Richardson Crater Floor
Varied thaw patterns at 72.36 south.

061 South Polar Region #19
Thawing terrain at 83.59 south.

062 North Polar Sand Sea
Dark dunes at 76.72 north

063 Argyre Dual Devils
A pair of dust devils caught in the act at 58.49 south.

064 Thaumasia Region
Coated rocky terrain at 37.16 south.

065 Newton Crater
Liquid-carved gullies at 41.16 south.

066 Proctor Crater
Beautiful black dunes at 47.44 south.

067 Argyre Planitia #3
Partially covered dust devil tracks at 46.38 south.

068 South Polar Region #20
Thawing south polar ridge at 86.83 south.

069 Elysium/Utopia Planitia
"Dune River" at 35.73 north.

070 South Polar Region # 21
Dune field at 66.92 south.

071 South Polar Region # 22
Cracked and thawing terrain at 72.40 south.

072 Candor Chasma #3
Ancient river bed at 6.83 south.

073 Hellespontus Crater
Dune formations at 47.66 south.

074 Amazonis
Crater at 16.59 south.

075 Daedalia
Dust devil caught in the act at 10.12 south.

076 North Polar Region
Unusual dune formations at 78.66 north.

077 Mangala Valles
Chaos terrain at 8.80 south.

078 E. Gorgonum Chaos
Long, parallel ridges at 37.57 south.

079 Elysium Region
Partially eroded, hardened crater ejecta at 3.35 north.

080 Solis Lacus Region
Long, thread-like ridge south of the Solis Lacus region at 38.06 south

081 Ares Vallis Region
Wild terrain at 3.97 north

082 Olympica Fossae
A close up look at seeps at 27.07 north

083 Chasma Australe
Ground level cloud at 83.49 south

084 Russell Crater
Dunes and outcrops at 43.70 south

085 Rabe Crater
Dunes and outcrops at 43.70 south

086 Terra Cimmeria Region Crater
Liquid-carved gullies in a crater wall at 37.80 south

087 Echus Chasma
"Dust lake" at .04 north

088 N. Acidalia Planitia
Strange landform (?) at 48.26 north

089 Aram Chaos, #2
Amazing landscape at 3.59 north

090 Chasma Boreale, #1
Before and after dune comparison at 84.84 north

091 Northern Plains
Unusual concentric craters near 50.00 north

092 Maja Valles
Streamlined island at 16.23 north

093 South Polar Cap
Layered ice at 85.34 south

094 Noachis Terra
Incredible dunefield gully image at 54.70 south

095 Chasma Boreale, #2
Dark dunes over layered terrain at 84.83 north

096 North Polar Region, #5
Rectilinear cracks at 70.06 north

097 Southern Plains
Dune field at 50.33 south

098 Southern Plains, #2
Dune field at 49.13 south

099 North Polar Region, #6
Thawing dunes at 76.13 north

100 Drying Seeps !?
Possible drying seeps at 26.45 and 6.19 north

101 Amenthes Region Crater
Crater at 30.70 north

102 Northern Plains Cracked Terrain
"Spider web" cracks at 69.05 north

103 Herschel Basin
Dark dunes at 15.07 south

104 Arabia Region Crater
Wild layered terrain at 8.13 north

105 North polar Region, #7
Large defrosting dune field at 78.06 north

106 Acidalia Planitia Landforms
Unusual landforms at 41.73 north

107 Melas Chasma #2
Stratified terrain and a large dust devil at 10.35 south

108 Elysium Planitia
Wild terrain at 30.35 north

109 North Polar Region, #8
Black dune formations at 76.78 north

110 Holden Crater
Multi-layered terrain at 27.09 south

111 Nilosyrtis Region
Strange landform at 29.27 north

112 Avernus Dorsa
Two-layered terrain at 2.59 south

113 Aram Chaos, #3
Bridge formations at 2.79 north

114 Helespontus Region Crater
Seasonal frost on dark dunes at 49.11 south

115 Becquerel Crater, #2
Bright dust associated with impact craters at 21.66 north

116 Ganges Chasma
Dune field at 7.98 south

117 South Polar Region, #23
Wild terrain at 82.29 south

118 Ophir Planum Region
Crosshatched crater dunes at 12.38 south

119 South Polar Cap
Color south polar cap image at 87.02 south

120 Arabia Terra Region
Strange formation at 36.34 north

121 South Polar Region
Beautiful thaw patterns at 80.75 south

122 Arabia Terra
Wild layered terrain at 80.75 south

123 Noctis Labyrinthus
Unusual dunes, mounds, and pits at 13.67 south

124 Terra Meridiani
Unusually shaped layered terrain at 1.18 north

125 Arcadia Planitia
Possible smoke at 39.26 north

126 Ascraeus, Pavonis Mons Region
Unusual erosion features at 2.10 north

127 Focas Crater
Eroded craters and stepped terrain at 33.83 north

128 South Polar Region, #25
Wild thaw patterns inside a pedestal crater at 76.25 south

129 North Polar Region, #10
More wild dune patterns at 78.74 north

130 Atlantis Chaos
Petrified dunes and razor sharp ridges at 35.06 south

131 Elysium Planitia
Crater and unusual formations at 34.17 south

132 Sinus Meridiani
Unusual formation at 2.92 north

133 Olympus Mons
Huge slope streak at 19.74 north

134 South Polar Region, #26
Defrosting "face" pattern at 66.47 south

135 Hellespontus/Noachis Region
Crater dune field at 41.51 south

136 Gullies
A collection of gully images, evidence of water action on the Martian surface!

137 Juventae Chasma
Washboard dune features over layered terrain at 4.52 south

139 Utopia/Vastitas Borealis
Vast cracked plains at 44.33 north

140 Kaiser Crater
Fresh channels carved into a dune field at 47.35 south

141 Terra Meridiani
New enhancement of unusual landform at 1.13 south

142 Nilosyrtis Region
Troughs and mesas near 29.00 south

143 Russell Crater Dunefield 2
Dunefield gullies at 54.85 south

144 Russell Crater Dunefield 3
More dunefield gullies at 54.55 south

145 Aram Chaos
Amazing terrain at 2.55 north

146 Terra Meridiani Crater
Unusual pattern on crater floor at .14 south

147 NP Coalesced Dunes
Beautiful barchan dunefield at 76.50 north

148 Acidalia Planitia Fissures
Deep fissures at 39.78 north

149 Utopia Planitia Crater
Textured crater floor at 40.29 north

150 North Polar Region # 12
Residual cap dunefield at 83.60 north

151 North Polar Region # 13
Colorized image of layers and dunes at 85.48 north

152 North Polar Region # 14
Unusual barchan dunes at 75.07 north

153 North Polar Region # 15
More wild north polar terrain near 79.00 north

154 W. Arabia Terra
Layered terrain at 8.29 north

155 Rabe Crater
Dark dust "seeps" at 44.18 south

156 North Polar Region #16
Maze-like dunes at 78.09 north

157 South Polar Region #27
Terraced landform at 68.95 south

158 Cerberus/Elysium Plain
Unusual formation at 1.71 north

159 Tractus Catena
Collapse pits at 29.13 north

160 South Polar Region #28
Cracked Terrain at 85.08 south

161 South Polar Residual Cap
Layered ice at 85.44 south

162 Marte Valles
Streamlined crater at 17.21 north

163 Pavonis Mons
Long volcanic channel at .02 north

164 Lycus Sulci
Branching slope streak at 29.00 north

165 Elysium Planitia 
Landslide insde 2km crater at 4.92 north

166 Nilosyrtis Mensae
Unusual crumbling mounds at 29.23 north

167 Wirtz Crater
Dunes crosshatched with dust devil tracks at 48.42 south

168 South Polar Region #29 
Branching surface features at 81.58 south

169 Amazonis Planitia 
Giant seep at 8.22 south

170 Melas Chasma #3 
Series of "dust falls" at 11.52 south

171 Syria Planum Crater 
Double impact crater at 21.73 south

172 South Polar Region #30 
Unusual frost patterns on a crater floor at 78.90 south

173 North Polar Region #17 
Northern dune formations at 77.56 north

174 South Polar Region #31 
"Clear ice" at 86.87 south

175 Candor Chasma #4 
Dark material emanating from outcrops at 7.90 south

176 Medusae Fossae 
Unusual pits at 11.79 south

177 Artynia Catena 
Collapse pits at 46.46 north

178 Chasma Boreale 
Thawing northern dunefield at 84.59 north

179 South Polar Region #32 
Impact crater at 86.77 south

180 Arabia Crater 
Chaotic terrain at 38.93 north

181 Protonilus Mensae 
Partially filled craters at 39.73 north

182 Bosporos Dunefield 
Crater dunefield at 33.96 south

183 Hale Crater 
Gullies in crater wall at 35.54 south

184 South Polar Region #33 
Unusual seasonal streaks at 85.57 south

185 Terra Meridiani 
Layered, sculptured rock formations at 8.24 north

186 North Polar Region #18 
Round dunes at 76.52 north

187 Utopia Planitia Crater 
Unusual white-streaked crater at 30.31 north

188 Candor Chasma #5 
Layered rock at 6.47 south

189 Deuteronilus Mensae 
Chaos terrain at 44.47 north

190 Holden Crater Region 
Unusual terrain at 24.02 south

191 Pavonis Mons Region 
Small volcanic vent at 4.02 south

192 Ius Chasma 
Dark dunes over light toned rock at 7.42 south

193 Juventae Chasma 
Mounds and dunes at 2.85 south

194 North Polar Region #19 
Chasma Boreale layers at 85.42 north

195 North Polar Region #20 
Northern dune field at 85.32 north

196 Dao Vallis Gullies 
Sharp gullies and possible snowpack at 33.26 south

197 Nilosyrtis Mensae 
Regularly spaced dunes in shallow trenches at 35.62 north

198 Labyrinthus Noctis 
Layered rock on trough floor at 11.32 south

199 South Polar Region #34 
Light and dark streaks at 87.01 south

200 Cerberus Rupes Trench 
Portion of long surface crack at 6.38 north

201 Herschel Basin 
Dunefield covering rocky surface at 14.47 south

202 Henry Crater 
Layered terrain and eroded crater at 11.61 north.

203 Coprates Chasma 
Unusual parallel grooves at 11.54 south.

204 Kasei Valles 
Landslide at 28.30 north.

205 Russell Crater Gullies 
Sharp gullies carved into dark dune fields at 54.68 south.

206 Rabe Crater 
Dark dunefields and bright outcrops at 43.71 south.

207 Cerberus Fossae 
Deep trough at 15.46 north.

208 North Polar Region #21
Dark dunes at 78.74 north.

209 Margaritifer Terra
Fissure intersection in chaos terrain at .09 south.

210 North Polar Region #22
Ice scarp at 84.99 north.

211 Bahram Vallis
Bright slope streaks at 21.01 north.

212 North Polar Region #23
Ice scarp at 84.99 north.

213 Argyre Dunefield
Dust devil tracks on dunes at 49.88 south.

214 North Polar Region #24
Dark dune field at 84.75 north.

215 Noachis Terra
Lone butte on crater floor at 37.19 south.

216 Arabia Terra Layers
Layered terrain, grayscale and colorized images, at 8.9 north.

217 Ascraeus Mons
Twisting valley on volcano flank at 9.41 north.

218 Aonia Terra
Barchan dunes at 50.48 south.

219 Cydonia
"D&M Pyramid" at 40.50 north

220 Melas Region
Flat topped buttes at 11.66 south.

221 Arabia Terra
Layered mounds and outcrops at 10.92 north.