Lava
Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU
About this image
Unlike the flows in yesterday's image, which piled up layer by layer, the volcanic flow in the VIS image appears to have flowed in one layer. The surface texture is blocks of lava which cooled and still moved on molten lava below, producing the plate-like texture.
Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images.
Context
Image ID:
V44460004 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
6.29868
155.856
44460
2011-12-23 02:59
Mon, 2012-01-16
VIS
1024 pixels (20 km)
3648 pixels (67 km)
0.018637 km/pixel
0.019616 km/pixel
