Ceraunius Fossae

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

This VIS image shows part of Cerunius Fossae. The linear depressions are fault bounded features called graben. These features form from tectonic forces that are pulling apart the surface, created space for material to "slide down" along the fault.

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Context

Image ID:

V77308003 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: 26.9347

Longitude: 248.025

Orbit Number: 77308

Captured: 2019-05-19 20:27

Posted to Web: Wed, 2019-06-12

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 512 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 1824 pixels (66 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.036699 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0370471 km/pixel

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