Resurfaced Mars

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

This area of Mars shows a wonderful example of relative geologic dating. Ancient lava flows and escarpments are mantled by younger impact ejecta, which was subsequently cut by a younger graben and resurfaced by smaller impact craters.

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Context

Image ID:

V04311003 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: 26.524

Longitude: 233.35

Orbit Number: 4311

Captured: 2002-12-04 04:51

Posted to Web: Mon, 2003-01-06

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (67 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.018371 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.018504 km/pixel

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