Lava Flows

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

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Remarkable differences in brightness and texture are apparent between these lava flows found on the southern flanks of Arsia Mons. These differences could be due to variations in composition, age, vesicularity, or degrees of weathering.

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Context

Image ID:

V07008001 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: -19.5406

Longitude: 238.37

Orbit Number: 7008

Captured: 2003-07-14 03:16

Posted to Web: Thu, 2003-07-31

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (17 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (62 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.017249 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.017375 km/pixel

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