Gorgonum Chaos

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

Today's VIS image shows part of Gorgonum Chaos. Chaos terrain is typified by regions of blocky, often steep sided, mesas interspersed with deep valleys. With time and erosion the valleys widen and the mesas become smaller. Chaotic regions form when groundwater escapes to the surface, undermining it and causing the ground to collapse. Gorgonum Chaos is located in Terra Sirenum.

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Context

Latitude: -37.0041

Longitude: 189.888

Orbit Number: 100190

Captured: 2024-07-15 21:43

Posted to Web: Fri, 2024-11-15

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 512 pixels (17 km)

Image Height: 1824 pixels (62 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.034296 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0345961 km/pixel

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