Gorgonum Chaos

Scaled Image

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

This VIS image shows part of Gorgonum Chaos. Chaotic regions form when groundwater escapes to the surface, undermining it and causing the ground to collapse. The linear depressions at the bottom of the image are part of Sirenum Fossae. Gorgonum Chaos is located in Terra Sirenum.

Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images. 

Context

Image ID: 
V84080007 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
-37.7334
189.356
84080
2020-11-27 10:17
Thu, 2021-01-21
VIS
512 pixels (17 km)
1824 pixels (62 km)
0.034519 km/pixel
0.0346158 km/pixel

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