Olympus Rupes
Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU
About this image
The margin of Olympus Mons consists of a cliff-like edge where elevation changes very quickly over a very small width. This edge is called Olympus Rupes. This VIS image shows part of that edge and the lava flows that spilled over the edge to flood the surrounding plains.
Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images.
Context
Image ID:
V65335007 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
16.0811
221.373
65335
2016-09-05 12:58
Tue, 2016-11-01
VIS
1024 pixels (18 km)
3648 pixels (66 km)
0.018194 km/pixel
0.0182422 km/pixel
