Crater Delta

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

This VIS image shows a deep channel between two unnamed craters in Xanthe Terra. A fan/delta has formed at the lower end of the channel where material from the higher elevation crater has moved through the channel to the lower elevation crater.

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Context

Image ID:

V26698021 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: 11.0347

Longitude: 308.795

Orbit Number: 26698

Captured: 2007-12-21 08:07

Posted to Web: Thu, 2008-04-03

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (66 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.018142 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.018274 km/pixel

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