Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera Image Gallery

Contains more than 212,000 Images!

Welcome to the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) Image Gallery! This site contains all of the pictures of Mars acquired by NASA's Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) orbiter through September 2005.

NOTE: MOC data for the period, October 2005 – March 2006, have been archived with the NASA PDS. In addition, MOC data for the period between April 2006 and the end of the MGS mission have been shipped to the NASA PDS, as well. However, we have not yet posted them in the MOC Gallery. All MOC data acquired from Mars orbit have been sent to the NASA PDS: http://ida.wr.usgs.gov/.

MOC is operated daily at Malin Space Science Systems (MSSS). MOC consists of three cameras: A narrow angle system that provides grayscale high resolution views of the planet's surface (typically, 1.5 to 12 meters/pixel), and red and blue wide angle cameras that provide daily global weather monitoring, context images to determine where the narrow angle views were actually acquired, and regional coverage to monitor variable surface features such as polar frost and wind streaks. Most of the high resolution images are obtained by careful planning and inspection of predicted MGS orbits by Mars scientists working at and/or visiting MSSS. The company is also responsible for archiving the data once they are received on Earth.

To view MOC images, select one of the three categories below, and begin browsing!


Narrow Angle Example

MOC Narrow Angle Images
High Resolution Images and their Context

AB1 through M04
September 1997 - August 1999

M07 through M12
September 1999 - February 2000

M13 through M18
March 2000 - August 2000

M19 through M23
September 2000 - January 2001

E01 through E06
February 2001 - July 2001

E07 through E12
August 2001 - January 2002

E13 through E18
February 2002 - July 2002

E19 through R02
August 2002 - February 2003

R03 through R09
March 2003 - September 2003

R10 through R15
October 2003 - March 2004

R16 through R21
April 2004 - September 2004

R22 through S04
October 2004 - March 2005

S05 through S10
April 2005 - September 2005



Wide Angle Regional Example

MOC Wide Angle Images
Regional Views and Context Images

AB1 through M04
September 1997 - August 1999

M07 through M12
September 1999 - February 2000

M13 through M18
March 2000 - August 2000

M19 through M23
September 2000 - January 2001

E01 through E06
February 2001 - July 2001

E07 through E12
August 2001 - January 2002

E13 through E18
February 2002 - July 2002

E19 through R02
August 2002 - February 2003

R03 through R09
March 2003 - September 2003

R10 through R15
October 2003 - March 2004

R16 through R21
April 2004 - September 2004

R22 through S04
October 2004 - March 2005

S05 through S10
April 2005 - September 2005



Wide Angle Global Map Example

MOC Wide Angle Images
Daily Global Map Data

AB1 through M04
September 1997 - August 1999

M07 through M12
September 1999 - February 2000

M13 through M18
March 2000 - August 2000

M19 through M23
September 2000 - January 2001

E01 through E06
February 2001 - July 2001

E07 through E12
August 2001 - January 2002

E13 through E18
February 2002 - July 2002

E19 through R02
August 2002 - February 2003

R03 through R09
March 2003 - September 2003

R10 through R15
October 2003 - March 2004

R16 through R21
April 2004 - September 2004

R22 through S04
October 2004 - March 2005

S05 through S10
April 2005 - September 2005

Instructions--How to Use The Gallery

About The Processed MOC Images

About MGS MOC Mission Phases and Subphases

Table of Images
(cumindex.tab)
Description of Table Columns
(cumindex.lbl)
AB1 - SP2 AB1 - SP2
FHA - S10 FHA - S10

Captioned MOC Image Releases


Malin Space Science Systems and the California Institute of Technology built the MOC using spare hardware from the Mars Observer mission. MSSS operates the camera from its facilities in San Diego, CA. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Mars Surveyor Operations Project operates the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft with its industrial partner, Lockheed Martin Astronautics, from facilities in Pasadena, CA and Denver, CO.

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