Mars Odyssey Mission THEMIS: Feature Image: Follow The Fault

Vital Statistics
Location: -10.3N, 283.7E	Released: 2007-10-18
Image Size: 18.1 x 50.2 km, 512 x 1440 px
Resolution: 35m	Instrument: VIS

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

Image Context:
Context image for 20071018a

Wide Context:
Wide context image for 20071018a

Context image credit: NASA/JPL/MOLA
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This image of the southern rim of Melas Chasma is unique in showing the trace of one of the many faults associated with Valles Marineris. The fault is seen as a small ridge feature entering the upper lobe of the gully. It continues as the brighter line crossing diagonally across the gully and then as a darker line down along the slope to the floor of Melas Chasma.