Ascraeus Mons Flank

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

Today's VIS image shows part of the flank of Ascraeus Mons. Thin lava flows are visible. Ascraeus Mons is the northernmost of the three large Tharsis volcanoes and is the tallest at 18km (11 miles) high.

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Context

Image ID:

V87403003 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: 10.0053

Longitude: 255.249

Orbit Number: 87403

Captured: 2021-08-28 01:41

Posted to Web: Tue, 2022-03-29

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 512 pixels (17 km)

Image Height: 1824 pixels (62 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.034392 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0347313 km/pixel

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