The Viking image, 560b60, was taken in March 1978, toward the end of Northern Spring. The thin strip superposed on the Viking image is MOC image 46103, reduced in size to mark its placement relative to the Viking context image. Illumination is from the left in the Viking image. The 10 kilometer scale bar also represents approximately 6.2 miles. The picture was taken in July 1998, during early Northern Spring.
Illumination is from the right.
You may need to adjust the images for the gamma of your monitor to insure proper viewing. This MOC image is made available in order to share with the public the excitement of new discoveries being made via the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft. Release of this image does not constitute a release of scientific data. The image and its caption should not be referenced in the scientific literature. Full data releases to the scientific community are scheduled by the Mars Global Surveyor Project and NASA Planetary Data System.