Tantalus Catena

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

This VIS image shows part of Tantalus Catena, just one of many north/south trending tectonic graben located south and east of Alba Mons. While other graben in the area are identified as fossae (defined as a long, narrow depression), the circular depressions within this graben lead to the descriptor name catena (defined as a chain of craters). In this case the craters are a result of roof collapse into an underlying open space such as a lava tube.

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Context

Image ID: 
V85793003 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
32.2064
258.537
85793
2021-04-17 12:16
Tue, 2021-09-07
VIS
512 pixels (19 km)
1824 pixels (67 km)
0.036908 km/pixel
0.0374365 km/pixel

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