Becoming Chaos

Scaled Image

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

Today's VIS image is located near Hydraotes Chaos. The linear depressions in the region appear to be the start of valley formation that are the first part of chaos creation. It is thought that removal of subsurface ice/water drives the formation of chaos.

Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images. 

Context

Image ID: 
V88686004 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
1.32181
322.473
88686
2021-12-11 17:03
Mon, 2022-03-14
VIS
512 pixels (18 km)
1824 pixels (65 km)
0.035821 km/pixel
0.0361686 km/pixel

Downloads

PNG | JPEG (high res) | JPEG (reduced res) | PDF | TIFF