Into the Crater

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

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Several channels are located on the flank of Hecates Tholus. In this VIS image one of those channels enters a crater, creating a deposit on the floor of the crater. Age relationships can be derived from this image. Hecates Tholus was formed first, then the crater was created, and finally flow of lava or water carved the channel that bisects the crater rim.

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Context

Latitude: 33.1381

Longitude: 151.349

Orbit Number: 53575

Captured: 2014-01-11 06:19

Posted to Web: Fri, 2014-02-28

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (19 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (67 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.018606 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.018742 km/pixel

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