Ismenia Fossae

Scaled Image

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

This THEMIS image is in a region of Mars' northern hemisphere called Ismenia Fossae. Most of the landforms in this image are the degraded remains of impact crater rim and ejecta from an unnamed crater (75 km diameter) just north of this scene (refer to the context image). The terminus of this ejecta blanket can be seen in the lower third of the image. The hills and other topographic highs of this landscape appear to be mantled. This mantling layer has itself been modified to produce a pitted, knobby surface in places. The presence of water ice in the mantling material is a likely possibility. Also visible in this image are some small degraded craters located primarily in the upper half of this scene.

Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images. 

Context

Image ID: 
V02146006 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
40.0834
31.0089
2146
2002-06-08 23:39
Tue, 2002-07-02
VIS
1024 pixels (19 km)
3648 pixels (69 km)
0.018988 km/pixel
0.019125 km/pixel

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