Daedalia Planum

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

Today's VIS image shows a small portion of the immense lava flows that originated from Arsia Mons. Arsia Mons is the southernmost of the three large aligned volcanoes in the Tharsis region. Arsia Mons' last eruption was 10s of million years ago. The different surface textures are created by differences in the lava viscosity and cooling rates. The lobate margins of each flow can be traced back to the start of each flow -- or to the point where they are covered by younger flows. Flows in Daedalia Planum can be as long as 180 km.

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Context

Image ID: 
V81539007 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
-20.6524
228.51
81539
2020-05-02 05:36
Wed, 2020-07-01
VIS
1024 pixels (17 km)
3648 pixels (62 km)
0.017229 km/pixel
0.0173371 km/pixel

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