Shalbatana Vallis

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

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Today's VIS image shows a small section of Shalbatana Vallis. Located in Xanthe Terra, Shalbatana Vallis is an outflow channel carved by massive floods of escaping groundwater whose source lies far to the south of this image. This channel, and all others in this region, drain into Chryse Planitia. Shalbatana Vallis is 1029km long (639 miles).

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Context

Latitude: 9.15557

Longitude: 318.814

Orbit Number: 103673

Captured: 2025-04-28 17:20

Posted to Web: Wed, 2026-02-04

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 256 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 3792 pixels (275 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.0726 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.07321 km/pixel

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