Ares Vallis
Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU
About this image
Today's VIS image shows a portion of Ares Vallis. Located in Margaritifer Terra, Ares Vallis is an outflow channel carved by massive floods of escaping groundwater whose source lies far to the south of this image. Ares Vallis is over 1757 km long (1091 miles). This channel, and all others in this region, drain into Chryse Planitia.
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Context
Image ID:
V93939006 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
9.783
334.4
93939
2023-02-17 05:51
Fri, 2023-05-12
VIS
256 pixels (18 km)
3792 pixels (276 km)
0.072797 km/pixel
0.0739661 km/pixel
