Hephaestus Fossae

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

This VIS image is located in the central portion of Hephaestus Fossae. Hephaestus Fossae is a complex channel system in Utopia Planitia near Elysium Mons. It has been proposed that the channel formed by the release of melted subsurface ice during the impact event that created the crater in this image. Additionally, the nearby Elysium volcanic center created subsurface heating that may have played a part in creating both Hephaestus Fossae and Hebrus Valles to the north.

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

Context

Image ID: 
V81193011 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
18.8168
124.985
81193
2020-04-03 18:04
Wed, 2020-06-03
VIS
1024 pixels (19 km)
3648 pixels (67 km)
0.018586 km/pixel
0.0186092 km/pixel

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