Lava

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

This VIS image near Athabasca Valles shows thin plate of lava. This style of lava flow is very different from other lava flows in the nearby Elysium and Tharsis volcanic complexes.

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Context

Image ID:

V52813007 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: 6.58962

Longitude: 155.034

Orbit Number: 52813

Captured: 2013-11-09 13:03

Posted to Web: Fri, 2013-12-27

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (65 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.017834 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.017964 km/pixel

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