Coprates Chasma

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

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Today's VIS image shows a cross section of Coprates Chasma. The floor of the canyon is covered by large landslide deposits. Coprates Chasma is one of the numerous canyons that make up Valles Marineris. The chasma stretches for 960 km (600 miles) from Melas Chasma to the west and Capri Chasma to the east.

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Context

Latitude: -14.8435

Longitude: 305.543

Orbit Number: 100835

Captured: 2024-09-07 00:11

Posted to Web: Tue, 2025-03-25

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 256 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 3792 pixels (267 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.070464 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0707892 km/pixel

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