Hydapsis Chaos
Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU
About this image
Collapsed terrain seen in this image is called Hydapsis Chaos. Chaos is believed to form when a volitile rich surface material loses the volitiles (either by outgassing or melting) and collapses into the now empty porespace. Hydapsis Chaos is the source terrain for several outflow channels, supporting the melting of ice and release of water as the mode of formation.
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Context
Image ID:
V03858003 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
3.1763
333.207
3858
2002-10-27 22:06
Thu, 2002-11-07
VIS
1024 pixels (18 km)
3648 pixels (65 km)
0.017854 km/pixel
0.017984 km/pixel
