Platy Flows

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

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These lava flows in Elysium Planitia are called platy flows. The surface of the lava flow cooled and solidified, while liquid lava beneath kept flowing. The continued flow broke apart the solid surface and moved the pieces like rafts. This VIS image shows a channel of such movement.

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Context

Latitude: 6.03444

Longitude: 153.571

Orbit Number: 38819

Captured: 2010-09-14 16:57

Posted to Web: Tue, 2010-10-19

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (65 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.017919 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.018049 km/pixel

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