Nili Fossae
Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU
About this image
The linear depressions in today’s VIS image are part of Nili Fossae. Nili Fossae is a collection of curved faults and down-dropped blocks of crust between the faults called graben. The graben lie northeast of the large volcano Syrtis Major and northwest of the ancient impact basin Isidis Planitia.
Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images.
Context
Image ID:
V79510007 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
22.3452
77.6366
79510
2019-11-17 04:15
Thu, 2020-02-06
VIS
1024 pixels (19 km)
3648 pixels (67 km)
0.018469 km/pixel
0.0185972 km/pixel
