Odyssey image
Vital Statistics
Location:
33.9N, 261.1E
Released:
2004-08-19
Image Size:
19.5 x 69.3 km, 1024 x 3648 px
Resolution: 19m Instrument: VIS
Medium-size image for 20040819a
Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU
 
Image Context:
Context image for 20040819a
Wide Context:
Wide context image for 20040819a
Context image credit: NASA/JPL/MOLA
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Image of the Day explored the Mars nomenclature.

Tantalus Fluctus

Fluctus: flow terrain. Tantalus: son of Zeus; King of Sipylos. He cut up and stewed the flesh of his son to serve at a feast with the gods. For this crime his family was cursed for five generations.

The Tantalus Fluctus region of Mars is comprised of multiple lava flows. The margin of one of these flows is indicated by red arrows on the VIS image above.

Nomenclature Fact of the Day: Three landform types that do not use a descriptor as part of their name are craters, eruptive centers, and large ring features.

 
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THEMIS Image of the Day: Tantalus Fluctus (Released 19 August 2004)