Mars Odyssey Mission THEMIS: Feature Image: Acidalia Planitia (Released 26 March 2003)

Vital Statistics
Location: 33.2N, 322.1E	Released: 2003-03-26
Image Size: 19.5 x 69.3 km, 1024 x 3648 px
Resolution: 19m	Instrument: VIS

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

Image Context:
Context image for 20030326a

Wide Context:
Wide context image for 20030326a

Context image credit: NASA/JPL/MOLA
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This is an image of an area within Acidalia Planitia that contains patterned ground near the top of the image. This type of surface is likely related to subsurface ice. There are other strange features in this image, including a range of crater morphologies and steps or terraces surrounding the isolated knobs.