Cerberus Fossae

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

This VIS image shows one of the linear depressions of Cerberus Fossae. This feature is called a graben and is formed by extensional tectonic forces. As the regional fractures move apart, blocks of material slide down between paired faults.

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Context

Latitude: 13.7626

Longitude: 164.573

Orbit Number: 80106

Captured: 2020-01-05 05:59

Posted to Web: Thu, 2020-03-19

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (67 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.018422 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0184422 km/pixel

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