Orson Welles Crater
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 widen and deepen the valleys between creating mesas. There is evidence that this crater may once have held a lake. Orson Welles Crater is 116 km in diameter (72 miles).
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Context
Image ID:
V94963003 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
-0.688448
314.526
94963
2023-05-12 13:20
Mon, 2023-11-20
VIS
256 pixels (18 km)
3792 pixels (273 km)
0.07203 km/pixel
0.0723514 km/pixel
