images

Map of Mars

by

Nasa/JPL/MSSS/Novapix

Reference

a-mar06-00006

Date

2006-10-11

The map is a mosaic of 24 red and blue MOC wide angle camera images taken on a single northern summer day in April 1999. The image is a simple cylindrical projection with 90°N latitude at the top, 90°S at the bottom, and 180° longitude on both the right and left sides. The equator runs across the center of the image, and the prime meridian (0° longitude) runs down the center. The high southern latitudes at the bottom of the image (from about 60°S to 90°S) are black because this region was in total winter darkness at the time the data were collected.