Labeatis Fossae

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

The linear depressions in this VIS image were created by tectonic forces. The sides of the depression are faults. Paired faults will allow the block of material between them to "slide down" during marsquake events, forming the depressions.

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Context

Latitude: 30.5611

Longitude: 285.586

Orbit Number: 77132

Captured: 2019-05-05 08:37

Posted to Web: Fri, 2019-06-07

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 512 pixels (19 km)

Image Height: 1824 pixels (67 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.037139 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0373263 km/pixel

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