Embayment

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

This crater west of Claritas Fossae contains internal fractures that have been partially filled by a later deposit. This embayment indicates that the fracturing occurred prior to the deposition of the layer of material.

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Context

Image ID:

V26102004 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: -35.488

Longitude: 245.227

Orbit Number: 26102

Captured: 2007-11-02 04:36

Posted to Web: Wed, 2008-02-06

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (17 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (62 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.017 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.017124 km/pixel

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