Marte Vallis

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

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Marte Vallis is a large volcanic complex. Platy flows, where the top crust has cooled and then cracked and moved due to molten lava below, are typical of this volcanic complex.

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Context

Image ID:

V27451020 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: 23.9693

Longitude: 186.758

Orbit Number: 27451

Captured: 2008-02-21 08:09

Posted to Web: Thu, 2009-01-08

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (19 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (67 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.018469 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.018603 km/pixel

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