Crater Delta
Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU
About this image
The channel flowing into this unnamed crater in Xanthe Terra deposited materials forming a fan shape. When sediment filled fluids slow down the heavier sediments are dropped out, forming the delta.
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Context
Image ID:
V26099015 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
2.6843
308.291
26099
2007-11-02 00:26
Fri, 2008-02-08
VIS
1024 pixels (18 km)
3648 pixels (64 km)
0.017743 km/pixel
0.017872 km/pixel
