Tharsis Lava Flows

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

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The Tharsis region of Mars contains not only extremely large volcanoes, but also extensive lava flow fields. The region covers over 13 million square kilometers. The flows in this image are located in the central part of the volcanic complex. A section of Olympica Fossae can be seen at the bottom of the image.

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Context

Latitude: 24.4397

Longitude: 243.363

Orbit Number: 102209

Captured: 2024-12-29 05:08

Posted to Web: Wed, 2025-10-15

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 256 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 3792 pixels (276 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.072904 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0736203 km/pixel

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