Sirenum Fossae
Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU
About this image
The channel-like features in this VIS image are tectonic graben. These graben are called Sirenum Fossae. Graben are created in regions of extensional tectonic stress, where the bedrock is faulted and pulled apart, allowing linear sections of the surface to drop downward along paired faults. The Sirenum Fossae graben are 2735km (1700 miles) long.
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Context
Image ID:
V84111015 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
-37.1819
191.303
84111
2020-11-30 00:06
Mon, 2021-02-15
VIS
512 pixels (17 km)
1824 pixels (62 km)
0.034182 km/pixel
0.0345138 km/pixel
