Cerberus Fossae

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

The linear depressions in this VIS image are part of the Cerberus Fossae fracture system. The system is made up of parallel graben created by tectonic forces pulling the crust apart. The entire system is 1235km long (767 miles).

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Context

Latitude: 8.68461

Longitude: 163.521

Orbit Number: 79270

Captured: 2019-10-28 09:53

Posted to Web: Wed, 2020-01-22

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 512 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 1824 pixels (66 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.036541 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0370997 km/pixel

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