Olympus Rupes

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

Olympus Mons is surrounded by an escarpment, a steep cliff-face between the volcano and the surrounding lava flows. The escarpment is called Olympus Rupes, and today's VIS image show part of this feature on the northeastern side of Olympus Mons.

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Context

Image ID:

V44932009 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: 23.3869

Longitude: 227.083

Orbit Number: 44932

Captured: 2012-01-30 23:17

Posted to Web: Mon, 2012-03-12

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (19 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (67 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.018626 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.019129 km/pixel

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