Orson Welles Crater Chaos
Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU
About this image
Today's VIS image shows part of the floor of Orson Welles Crater. This region of the crater contains chaos. Chaos is formed where tectonic forces break the surface into blocks. Erosion along the breaks widens and deepens the valleys between creating mesas. There is evidence that this crater may once have held a lake.
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Context
Image ID:
V80625010 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
0.001628
313.86
80625
2020-02-16 23:31
Tue, 2020-04-28
VIS
512 pixels (18 km)
1824 pixels (65 km)
0.035701 km/pixel
0.0361784 km/pixel
