Ares Vallis

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

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Today's VIS image shows part of Ares Vallis, one of several large channels in Margaritfer Terra that empty into Chryse Planitia. Ares Vallis is one of the longest outflow channels on Mars, stretching for over 1,757 kilometers (1,091 miles).

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Context

Latitude: 9.41731

Longitude: 335.297

Orbit Number: 103922

Captured: 2025-05-19 05:24

Posted to Web: Thu, 2026-02-19

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 256 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 3792 pixels (276 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.073024 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0740469 km/pixel

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