Elysium Fossae

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

Today's VIS image shows a section of one of the graben that comprise Elysium Fossae. Graben are formed during tectonic activity, where blocks of material slide down between paired faults. Graben are common around volcanic regions on Mars. The rise of magma to the surface bows up the ground, creating the extensive forces that create graben.

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Context

Image ID: 
V77698003 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
22.948
156.114
77698
2019-06-20 23:13
Mon, 2019-07-29
VIS
512 pixels (19 km)
1824 pixels (67 km)
0.037106 km/pixel
0.037446 km/pixel

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