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Mars: Chaotic terrain between Kasei Valles and Sacra Fossae

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

reference: a-mar09-00150

Image Size 300 DPI: 72 * 29 cm

Mars Express flew over the boundary between Kasei Valles and Sacra Fossae and imaged the region, acquiring spectacular views of the chaotic terrain in the area. The images are centred at 12°N/ 285°E and have a ground resolution of about 21 m/pixel. They cover 225 x 95 km or 21.375 sq km, an area roughly half the size of the Netherlands. The upper portion of the image swath shows the eastern margin of Kasei Valles and the western margin of the Lunae Planum plateau and the adjoining Sacra Fossae. Kasei Valles is one of the largest outflow channels on Mars, spanning 3000 km, from the Chryse Planitia basin in the north to Echus Chasma to the south. The impact crater at right is 35 km diameter.

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2009 - ASTRONOMY - CHANNEL - CRATER - IMPACT CRATER - MARS - MARS EXPRESS - PANORAMA - PLANET - POSTER -