Mars Odyssey Mission THEMIS: Feature Image: Arcuate Collapse

Vital Statistics
Location: -2.2N, 172.3E	Released: 2008-01-07
Image Size: 18.1 x 64.2 km, 1024 x 3648 px
Resolution: 18m	Instrument: VIS

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

Image Context:
Context image for 20080107a

Wide Context:
Wide context image for 20080107a

Context image credit: NASA/JPL/MOLA
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This region near the highland/lowland boundary appears to be breaking into curved-edged blocks. If one looks closely you will see that the block edges are created by arcs of collapse pits which expand until a complete margin is created.