Hephaestus Fossae

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

This VIS image is located in the central portion of Hephaestus Fossae. Hephaestus Fossae is a complex channel system in Utopia Planitia near Elysium Mons. It has been proposed that the channel formed by the release of melted subsurface ice during the impact event that created a large crater south of this image. Additionally, the nearby Elysium volcanic center created subsurface heating that may have played a part in creating both Hephaestus Fossae and Hebrus Valles to the north.

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

Context

Image ID: 
V77487003 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
18.8111
124.593
77487
2019-06-03 14:10
Wed, 2019-07-17
VIS
256 pixels (19 km)
3792 pixels (281 km)
0.074346 km/pixel
0.0750813 km/pixel

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