Atlantis Chaos

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

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Today's VIS image shows part of Atlantis Chaos. Chaos terrain is typified by regions of blocky, often steep sided, mesas interspersed with deep valleys. With time and erosion the valleys widen and the mesas become smaller. The mesas in this image appear brighter than the surrounding lowlands, likely due to relatively less dust cover. Atlantis Chaos is located in Terra Sirenum.

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Context

Latitude: -34.6882

Longitude: 183.955

Orbit Number: 83606

Captured: 2020-10-19 09:36

Posted to Web: Tue, 2020-12-15

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 512 pixels (17 km)

Image Height: 1824 pixels (62 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.034416 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0345161 km/pixel

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