Odd Texture

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

This VIS image covers a small region of the western flank of Arsia Mons. The surface of the volcanic flows in this region have an odd pitted texture. The cause of this texture is unknown.

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Context

Image ID:

V31480002 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: -7.9776

Longitude: 237.555

Orbit Number: 31480

Captured: 2009-01-18 01:03

Posted to Web: Wed, 2009-02-25

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (17 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (63 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.017418 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.017544 km/pixel

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