Melas Chasma

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

Melas Chasma is the central portion of Valles Marineris. This VIS image shows a small portion of the floor of Melas Chasma, including layered deposits and wind eroded and deposited materials.

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Context

Image ID:

V36307003 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: -12.8562

Longitude: 288.27

Orbit Number: 36307

Captured: 2010-02-19 19:00

Posted to Web: Mon, 2010-04-19

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (63 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.01749 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.017617 km/pixel

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