Candor Chasma

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

The ridge features at the top of this VIS image are called spurs. Spurs and gullies form the cliff sides of the Vallis Marineris chasmata. Sand dunes can be seen at the bottom of the image. Dunes are a common feature on the floors of the chasmata.

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Context

Latitude: -14.0287

Longitude: 303.762

Orbit Number: 35982

Captured: 2010-01-24 00:47

Posted to Web: Fri, 2010-03-19

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (17 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (63 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.017358 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.017485 km/pixel

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