Investigating Mars: Hebes Chasma

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

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This image shows the eastern portion of Hebes Chasma. The ridge that is casting a shadow at the bottom of the image is likely a large tectonic fault. All of the materials on the floor of the chasma are from the cliff faces. The deposition and erosion of the materials in this image are very different from the those of the large central mesa. Hebes Chasma is an enclosed basin not connected to Valles Marineris.

The Odyssey spacecraft has spent over 15 years in orbit around Mars, circling the planet more than 69000 times. It holds the record for longest working spacecraft at Mars. THEMIS, the IR/VIS camera system, has collected data for the entire mission and provides images covering all seasons and lighting conditions. Over the years many features of interest have received repeated imaging, building up a suite of images covering the entire feature. From the deepest chasma to the tallest volcano, individual dunes inside craters and dune fields that encircle the north pole, channels carved by water and lava, and a variety of other feature, THEMIS has imaged them all. For the next several months the image of the day will focus on the Tharsis volcanoes, the various chasmata of Valles Marineris, and the major dunes fields. We hope you enjoy these images!

Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images. 

Context

Image ID: 
V27124001 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
-1.43316
285.942
27124
2008-01-25 15:05
Tue, 2017-08-22
VIS
1024 pixels (18 km)
3648 pixels (64 km)
0.017711 km/pixel
0.0180835 km/pixel

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