Mars: Impact crater and fractures

by: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin-G. Neukum/Novapix
Reference: a-mar09-00050
Date: 2006-10-19

Acheron Fossae marks the northern edge of the Tharsis plateau. It is part of a network of extensional fractures that radiates outward from their central focus in the Tharsis 'bulge', a huge area of regional uplift where intensive volcanic activity occurred. This image, with the large 55-kilometre diameter crater, was taken by Mars Express in 2004. 

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