The MOC Public Targeting Program was a very popular program that followed the

Mars Global Surveyor ''Mars Global Surveyor'' (MGS) was an American robotic space probe developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and launched November 1996. MGS was a global mapping mission that examined the entire planet, from the ionosphere down through the a ...

's pictures of

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. A total of 4,636 requests came in from the general public. Of these, 1,086 were photographed by the Mars Observer Camera. Many of the requests eventually resulted in publications. A little more than half of the requests came from a single member of the general public. One of the people wrote in the Planetary Report that working with MGS was as exciting as being a football fan able to run a few plays in the

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.Secosky. J. 2007. "Public involvement." The Planetary Report: 27.19 Images from the Public Target program can be found at http://www.msss.com/moc_gallery/

Examples of pictures taken through Public Target program

Image:Layers in a crater in Arabia.JPG, Pedestal craters and layers in Tikonravev Crater in Arabia, as seen by

(MGS) with the

Mars Orbiter Camera The Mars Orbiter Camera and Mars Observer Camera (MOC) were scientific instruments on board the Mars Observer and Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft. The camera was built by Malin Space Science Systems (MSSS) for NASA and the cost of the whole MOC s ...

, under the MOC Public Targeting Program. Layers may form from

volcanoes A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. On Earth, volcanoes are most often found where tectonic plates are ...

, the wind, or by deposition under water. Some researchers believe this crater once held a massive lake. Image:Gullies and tongue-shaped glacier.jpg, Gullies in a crater in Eridania, north of the large crater Kepler. Also, features that may be remains of old

glaciers A glacier (; ) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. It acquires distinguishing features, such as ...

are present. One, to the right, has the shape of a tongue. Image taken with

, under the Public Target program. Image:Dust devil tracks in Eridania.JPG, Pattern of large and small tracks made by giant dust devils as seen by Mars Global Surveyor. Image:Gully in Phaethontis.jpg, Group of gullies on north wall of crater that lies west of the crater Newton (41.3047 degrees south latitude, 192.89 east longitide). Image taken with

under the MOC Public Targeting Program. Image:Coprates layers.JPG, Layers in the canyon wall in

Coprates quadrangle The Coprates quadrangle is one of a series of 30 quadrangle maps of Mars used by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Astrogeology Research Program. The Coprates quadrangle is also referred to as MC-18 (Mars Chart-18). The Coprates quadra ...

, as seen by ''Mars Global Surveyor'', under MOC Public Targeting Program. Image:Lava flow in Elysium.JPG, Lava flow in Elysium. There are many lava flows in the

Elysium quadrangle The Elysium quadrangle is one of a series of 30 quadrangle maps of Mars used by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Astrogeology Research Program. The Elysium quadrangle is also referred to as MC-15 (Mars Chart-15). The name Elysium r ...

. In this one, the lava flowed toward the upper right. Image taken by ''Mars Global Surveyor'', under the MOC Public Targeting Program. Image:Exhumed crater in Noachis.JPG, Crater that was buried in another age and is now being exposed by erosion, as seen by the ''Mars Global Surveyor'' under the MOC Public Targeting Program. Image is located in the

Noachis quadrangle The Noachis quadrangle is one of a series of list of quadrangles on Mars, 30 quadrangle maps of Mars used by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Astrogeology Research Program. The Noachis quadrangle is also referred to as MC-27 (Mars Cha ...

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*http://www.msss.com/moc_gallery/ Geology of Mars

Examples of pictures taken through Public Target program

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