Coprates Chasma

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

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Today's VIS image shows a cross section of Coprates Chasma. Sand dunes and a large landslide deposit are visible on the floor of the canyon. Coprates Chasma is one of the numerous canyons that make up Valles Marineris. The chasma stretches for 960 km (600 miles) from Melas Chasma to the west and Capri Chasma to the east. This image is in eastern Coprates Chasma, near the transition to Capri Chasma.

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Context

Latitude: -14.7562

Longitude: 304.528

Orbit Number: 96673

Captured: 2023-09-30 08:26

Posted to Web: Mon, 2024-03-25

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 256 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 3792 pixels (266 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.070408 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0716916 km/pixel

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