Mars Odyssey Mission THEMIS: Feature Image: Lava flows (Released 30 May 2003)

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Location: 13.9N, 262.2E	Released: 2003-05-30
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 20030530a

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Wide context image for 20030530a

Context image credit: NASA/JPL/MOLA
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Lava flows and channels are visible here on the eastern flanks of Ascraeus Mons. One of the channels is bordered by levees, which form as lava overflows the channel banks, cools and solidifies. The other prominent channel to the north lacks levees, suggesting it may be a collapsed lava tube, or may have an aqueous origin.