Shalbatana Vallis

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

This VIS image shows a section of Shalbatana Vallis. Located in Xanthe Terra, Shalbatana Vallis is one of many channels that empty into Chryse Planitia. Shalbatana Vallis is an outflow channel carved by massive floods from escaping groundwater whose source lies far to the south of this image. The vallis is over 1300 km long (807 miles).

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Context

Image ID: 
V79040003 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
8.51397
319.159
79040
2019-10-09 11:21
Mon, 2019-11-18
VIS
1024 pixels (18 km)
3648 pixels (66 km)
0.018285 km/pixel
0.0178875 km/pixel

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