Nili Patera

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

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Today's VIS image shows part of Nili Patera. Nili Patera is the northern caldera in the immense volcanic complex of Syrtis Major Planum. The dunes are moving westward across the top of these ancient volcanic flows.

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Context

Latitude: 8.89088

Longitude: 67.1608

Orbit Number: 105279

Captured: 2025-09-07 23:00

Posted to Web: Wed, 2026-06-17

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 512 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 1824 pixels (65 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.035721 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.035962 km/pixel

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