Xanthe Montes Channels

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

Today's VIS image is located in Xanthe Montes, which is the western rim of the giant impact basin called Chryse Planitia. All the outflow channels from Valles Marineris empty into Chryse Planitia. Xanthe Montes contains many channels, several of which are seen in this image. From top to bottom are Vedra Valles [118km/73 miles long], Maumee Valles [390km/242 miles long], and Maja Valles [1515km/941 miles long].

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Context

Latitude: 18.3314

Longitude: 304.298

Orbit Number: 104235

Captured: 2025-06-13 23:58

Posted to Web: Mon, 2026-03-16

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 256 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 3792 pixels (276 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.072879 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0729354 km/pixel

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