Rupes Tenius

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

The cliff face in this VIS image is called Rupes Tenius (rupes = scarp). The polar cap is the higher region to the left and the plains are located on the right side of the image. A large elevation change occurs along the scarp, up to 1 km in places (0.6miles).

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Context

Image ID:

V79689015 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: 82.159

Longitude: 287.731

Orbit Number: 79689

Captured: 2019-12-01 22:19

Posted to Web: Tue, 2020-02-18

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (19 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (68 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.018659 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0187704 km/pixel

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