Odyssey image
Vital Statistics
Location:
26.5N, 233.4E
Released:
2003-01-06
Image Size:
18.4 x 65.7 km, 1024 x 3648 px
Resolution: 18m Instrument: VIS
Medium-size image for 20030106a
Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU
 
Image Context:
Context image for 20030106a
Wide Context:
Wide context image for 20030106a
Context image credit: NASA/JPL/MOLA
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This area of Mars shows a wonderful example of relative geologic dating. Ancient lava flows and escarpments are mantled by younger impact ejecta, which was subsequently cut by a younger graben and resurfaced by smaller impact craters.
 
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