Valles Marineris Graben

Scaled Image

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

This THEMIS VIS image was taken just south of the rim of Valles Marineris. The troughs seen in this image are structural features called graben. A graben is an elongated trenchlike structural form bounded by parallel normal faults bounding a down-dropped block of surface. These graben developed as part of the formation of Valles Marineris.

Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images. 

Context

Image ID: 
V07256003 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
-14.1274
287.153
7256
2003-08-03 13:11
Mon, 2005-03-28
VIS
1024 pixels (17 km)
3648 pixels (63 km)
0.01745 km/pixel
0.017577 km/pixel

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