Meroe Patera

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

The circular feature in today's VIS image is called Meroe Patera. It is a volcanic caldera located in Syrtis Major Planum. The volcanic activity in Syrtis Major Planum is thought to be related to the impact event that created Isidis Planitia to the east.

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

Context

Image ID:

V87684003 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: 6.67925

Longitude: 69.0924

Orbit Number: 87684

Captured: 2021-09-20 04:57

Posted to Web: Wed, 2022-04-13

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 256 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 3792 pixels (269 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.071122 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0718601 km/pixel

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