Sirenum Fossae

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

This image of Sirenum Fossae highlights a graben which is curious and interesting because of the braided appearance of its floor. The braided pattern suggests that water, causing erosion, has flowed through this graben in the past.

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Context

Image ID: 
V06997003 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
-36.9354
192.995
6997
2003-07-13 05:38
Tue, 2003-08-26
VIS
1024 pixels (17 km)
3648 pixels (62 km)
0.017142 km/pixel
0.017267 km/pixel

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