Hephaestus Fossae

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

This VIS image is located in Utopia Planitia and shows part of Hephaestus Fossae. Hephaestus Fossae is a complex channel system. It has been proposed that the channel formed by the release of melted subsurface ice during the impact event that created a large crater in the center of 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: 
V81767012 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
17.6969
125.709
81767
2020-05-21 00:22
Thu, 2020-07-30
VIS
1024 pixels (19 km)
3648 pixels (67 km)
0.018588 km/pixel
0.0187308 km/pixel

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