Mars Odyssey Mission THEMIS: Feature Image: Crater Delta

Vital Statistics
Location: 2.7N, 308.3E	Released: 2008-02-08
Image Size: 18.3 x 64.7 km, 1024 x 3648 px
Resolution: 18m	Instrument: VIS

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

Image Context:
Context image for 20080208a

Wide Context:
Wide context image for 20080208a

Context image credit: NASA/JPL/MOLA
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The channel flowing into this unnamed crater in Xanthe Terra deposited materials forming a fan shape. When sediment filled fluids slow down the heavier sediments are dropped out, forming the delta.