Chaos

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

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Today's VIS image shows part a region of chaos south of Elysium Planitia. Chaos terrain is typified by mesas and valleys. With time and erosion the valleys widen and the mesas grow smaller. In the lower half of the image are numerous arcuate fractures. This fracturing is the probable start of chaos formation in this region.

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Context

Latitude: 1.8071

Longitude: 176.598

Orbit Number: 104826

Captured: 2025-08-01 15:47

Posted to Web: Tue, 2026-05-19

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 512 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 1824 pixels (66 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.036185 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0366122 km/pixel

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