Ma'adim Vallis

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

This VIS image shows part of Ma'adim Valles. Ma'adim Valles is an outflow channel that arises in the southern lowlands and flows northward into Gusev Crater, the home of the MER Spirit rover. Located in Terra Cimmeria, the channel is 700km (435 miles) long, with widths up to 20 km (12 miles) and depths to 2 km (1.2 miles) in places.

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Context

Latitude: -18.513

Longitude: 177.493

Orbit Number: 101089

Captured: 2024-09-27 22:08

Posted to Web: Wed, 2025-04-23

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 256 pixels (17 km)

Image Height: 3792 pixels (263 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.069545 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0702861 km/pixel

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