Tharsis Lava Flows

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

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The Tharsis region of Mars contains not only extremely large volcanoes, but also extensive lava flow fields. The region covers over 13 million square kilometers. The flows in this image are located on the eastern part of the volcanic complex.

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Context

Latitude: 15.8345

Longitude: 275.878

Orbit Number: 102108

Captured: 2024-12-20 21:36

Posted to Web: Tue, 2025-10-07

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 256 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 3792 pixels (274 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.072325 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0730589 km/pixel

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