Mareotis Fossae

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

The linear depressions in this VIS image are called Mareotis Fossae. They are part of a huge region of graben that comprise Tempe Terra. The graben of Mareotis Fossae trend to the northeast, parallel to the fossae of Alba Mons located just to the west of Tempe Terra.

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Context

Latitude: 35.6524

Longitude: 270.2

Orbit Number: 85543

Captured: 2021-03-27 22:15

Posted to Web: Fri, 2021-08-27

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 512 pixels (19 km)

Image Height: 1824 pixels (68 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.037347 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0381401 km/pixel

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