Ceraunius Fossae

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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)
26.9347
248.025
77308
2019-05-19 20:27
Wed, 2019-06-12
VIS
512 pixels (18 km)
1824 pixels (66 km)
0.036699 km/pixel
0.0370471 km/pixel

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