Shalbatana Vallis

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

Today's VIS image shows a small section of Shalbatana Vallis. Located in Xanthe Terra, Shalbatana Vallis is an outflow channel carved by massive floods of escaping groundwater whose source lies far to the south of this image. This channel, and all others in this region, drain into Chryse Planitia. Shalbatana Vallis is 1029km long (639 miles).

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Context

Latitude: 6.38978

Longitude: 317.521

Orbit Number: 106643

Captured: 2025-12-29 06:24

Posted to Web: Thu, 2026-08-27

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 512 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 1824 pixels (66 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.03619 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0368498 km/pixel

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