Tharsis Lavas

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

The many lava flows in this VIS image are part of the extensive Tharsis volcanic complex. These flows appear to originate in the region of Alba Patera and flowed downhill towards Olympus Mons.

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Context

Image ID:

V28772009 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: 25.0791

Longitude: 236.41

Orbit Number: 28772

Captured: 2008-06-09 02:44

Posted to Web: Tue, 2008-08-05

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (67 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.018388 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.01852 km/pixel

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