
This image covers a portion of a typical impact crater in Terra Sirenum at about 40 degrees south latitude on Mars. At the top of the image, outside the crater rim, there is a mid-latitude mantle, rough in places where ice may have sublimated. Below the crater rim, on the steep, south-facing slope, are gullies. These are erosional features with depositional fans. Some of the gully fans have a bluish color: these are probably quite recent deposits, less than a few tens of years old. On the floor of the crater (bottom of this image) are ridges that likely formed from the flow of ice, perhaps a few million years ago. The map is projected here at a scale of 50 centimeters (19.6 inches) per pixel. [The original image scale is 50.3 centimeters (19.8 inches) per pixel (with 2 x 2 binning); objects on the order of 151 centimeters (59 inches) across are resolved.] North is up. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA21456
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NASA ID
PIA21456
Date Created
February 14, 2017
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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