Relative Age

Scaled Image

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

In some regions of Mars the relative ages of different materials can be determined. One example is shown in this VIS image. Here the younger lava flows of Daedalia Planum are on top of the older Terra Sirenum materials. The crater rim of older material is inundated by the younger flows.

Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images. 

Context

Image ID: 
V36871003 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
-22.6534
216.746
36871
2010-04-07 05:34
Fri, 2010-06-04
VIS
1024 pixels (17 km)
3648 pixels (62 km)
0.017183 km/pixel
0.017308 km/pixel

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