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Mars: craters and channels in Hephaestus Fossae

author: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin-G. Neukum/Novapix

reference: a-mar09-00148

Image Size 300 DPI: 43 * 33 cm

This image of Hephaestus Fossae was obtained by ESA’s Mars Express orbiter on 28 December 2007. The region is dotted with craters and channel systems and lies at about 21° North and 126° East on the Red Planet. Named after the Greek god of fire, Hephaestus Fossae extends for more than 600 km on the western flank of Elysium Mons in the Utopia Planitia region. The image shows a large impact crater measuring 20 km in diameter. It shows a blanket of ejecta with flow forms surrounding the rim.

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2007 - ASTRONOMY - CHANNEL - CRATER - IMPACT CRATER - MARS - MARS EXPRESS - PLANET -