Candor Chasma - False Color

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

The THEMIS VIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create a false color image. These false color images may reveal subtle variations of the surface not easily identified in a single band image. Today's false color image shows part of Candor Chasma. Candor Chasma is one of the largest canyons that make up Valles Marineris. It is approximately 810 km long (503 miles) and has is divided into two regions - eastern and western Candor. Candor is located south of Ophir Chasma and north of Melas Chasma. The border with Melas Chasma contains many large landslide deposits. The floor of Candor Chasma includes a variety of landforms, including layered deposits (seen in this image), dunes, landslide deposits and steep sided cliffs and mesas. Many forms of erosion have shaped Candor Chasma. There is evidence of wind and water erosion, as well as significant gravity driven mass wasting (landslides).

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

Context

Image ID: 
V71132003 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
-6.71232
284.46
71132
2017-12-27 03:31
Wed, 2021-03-24
VIS
512 pixels (18 km)
1824 pixels (64 km)
0.035313 km/pixel
0.0359274 km/pixel

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