Olympica Fossae

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

Olympica Fossae is a complex channel located on the volcanic plains between Alba Mons and Olympus Mons. The sinuosity of the channels indicate they were created by liquid flow. In this case, the location and other surface features point to lava rather than water as the liquid. Olympica Fossae is 420km (260 miles) long.

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Context

Latitude: 24.7754

Longitude: 245.846

Orbit Number: 102159

Captured: 2024-12-25 02:20

Posted to Web: Fri, 2025-10-10

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 256 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 3792 pixels (276 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.073015 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0738313 km/pixel

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