Olympica Fossae

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

This VIS image of Olympica Fossae shows both linear and sinuous channel forms. The linear depressions are most likely of tectonic origin (faulting); and the sinuous channels were probably formed by liquid flow. The liquid may have been lava, rather than water.

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Context

Image ID:

V62490005 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: 23.3832

Longitude: 243.728

Orbit Number: 62490

Captured: 2016-01-15 04:58

Posted to Web: Tue, 2016-03-29

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 512 pixels (19 km)

Image Height: 1824 pixels (66 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.036709 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0373233 km/pixel

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