Ascraeus Mons

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

This VIS image shows part of the eastern flank of Ascraeus Mons, one of the large Tharsis Volcanoes. The circular pits all aligned in a row mark the collapse of the roof of a lava tube.

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Context

Image ID:

V41099007 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: 12.5609

Longitude: 258.812

Orbit Number: 41099

Captured: 2011-03-21 10:32

Posted to Web: Fri, 2011-04-29

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (65 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.018023 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.018154 km/pixel

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