Iani Chaos

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

Today's VIS image shows part of Iani Chaos. Chaos terrain is typified by mesas and valleys. With time and erosion the valleys widen and the mesas grow smaller. Layering of the surface is revealed at the top of the image.

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Context

Latitude: -2.021

Longitude: 341.904

Orbit Number: 106168

Captured: 2025-11-20 03:42

Posted to Web: Wed, 2026-08-05

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 512 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 1824 pixels (64 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.035634 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0361556 km/pixel

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