Ma'adim Vallis

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

This VIS image shows a small section of Ma'adim Valles (center of image). Ma'adim Valles is an outflow channel that arises in the southern lowlands and flows northward into Gusev Crater, the home of the MER Spirit rover. Located in Terra Cimmeria, the channel is 700km (435 miles) long, with widths up to 20 km (12 miles) and depths to 2 km (1.2 miles) in places.

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Context

Latitude: -16.5482

Longitude: 176.952

Orbit Number: 101401

Captured: 2024-10-23 14:40

Posted to Web: Wed, 2025-05-28

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 256 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 3792 pixels (264 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.069836 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0706267 km/pixel

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