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This VIS image shows part of Hephaestus Fossae. Hephaestus Fossae is a complex channel system in Utopia Planitia near Elysium Mons.
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English: This VIS image shows part of Hephaestus Fossae. Hephaestus Fossae is a complex channel system in Utopia Planitia near Elysium Mons. It has been proposed that the channel formed by the release of melted subsurface ice during the impact event that created the crater just off the left side of the image – only the ejecta is seen in this image. The crater is fairly young, as there is only minimal modification of the crater floor. While it appears that the crater sits of top of the channel, the creation of the crater may have also created the channel. The impact event would have caused subsurface heating, melting any subsurface ice in the region which would have created surface flow to form the channel. Additionally, the nearby Elysium volcanic center created subsurface heating that may have played a part in creating both Hephaestus Fossae and Hebrus Valles to the north. Orbit Number: 94645 Latitude: 17.6141 Longitude: 126.055 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2023-04-16 09:02 https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA26040 |
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Date | Taken on 4 August 2023 | ||
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Author | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory / NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU |
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