Kasei Vallis Streamlined Island

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

Except for the loss of its ring of ejecta, the crater at the leading edge of a streamlined island in Kasei Vallis shows no hint of the catastrophic floods that passed by it. Kasei Vallis is one of several major outflow channel systems that were active over 3 billion years ago. The intense floods scoured the landscape, eroding craters and producing streamlined islands. But in a close-up view, the evidence for these floods is not apparent. This is true of the most similar terrestrial example, the channeled scablands of eastern Washington which also were formed by a catastrophic flood.

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Context

Image ID: 
V02461008 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
26.0798
304.41
2461
2002-07-04 22:03
Fri, 2002-08-30
VIS
1024 pixels (18 km)
3648 pixels (67 km)
0.018419 km/pixel
0.018553 km/pixel

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