Unusual Texture

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

The unusual texture in today's VIS image is located on the plains of Elysium Planitia. The surface appears to be layered. The top layer has parallel, linear hills and channels. This top layer is being eroded to expose the surface beneath.

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Context

Image ID:

V45558038 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: 5.78961

Longitude: 172.764

Orbit Number: 45558

Captured: 2012-03-22 12:00

Posted to Web: Fri, 2012-06-01

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 2688 pixels (47 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.017795 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.017972 km/pixel

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