Mars Odyssey Mission THEMIS: Feature Image: Lucus Planum (Released 18 April 2003)

Vital Statistics
Location: 1.3N, 175.5E	Released: 2003-04-18
Image Size: 18.4 x 65.7 km, 1024 x 3648 px
Resolution: 18m	Instrument: VIS

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

Image Context:
Context image for 20030418a

Wide Context:
Wide context image for 20030418a

Context image credit: NASA/JPL/MOLA
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Chaotic terrain, arcuate fractures and erosional remanents make up the bulk of geologic features within this Themis VIS image. The arcuate fractures and chaotic terrain could possibly have formed due to a volitile rich subsurface layer being changed by erosion/exposure causing the upper lying surface to fracture and collapse.