Sirenum Fossae

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

This VIS image shows a section of Sirenum Fossae. The linear depression was created by tectonic forces stretching the surface. Paired faults allow blocks of the surface to slide down into the open space. The linear depression is called a graben.

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Context

Image ID:

V80616006 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: -27.3687

Longitude: 217.266

Orbit Number: 80616

Captured: 2020-02-16 05:35

Posted to Web: Mon, 2020-04-27

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 512 pixels (17 km)

Image Height: 1824 pixels (62 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.03427 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0348961 km/pixel

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