Ascraeus Mons

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

Today's VIS image shows part of the lava field just off the northern flank of Ascraeus Mons. The depressions are collapse features most likely related to lava tubes below the surface.

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Context

Image ID:

V44544003 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: 15.8247

Longitude: 254.759

Orbit Number: 44544

Captured: 2011-12-30 00:51

Posted to Web: Mon, 2012-01-30

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (20 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (68 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.01883 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.019821 km/pixel

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