Friday, October 18, 2013

Graben Near Sirenum Fossae


A graben is a downdropped block of material bounded on both sides by faults. The graben in this VIS image follows the trend of the nearby Sirenum Fossae graben.

Orbit Number: 51800 Latitude: -28.6362 Longitude: 221.182 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2013-08-18 03:16

Photo credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Arizona State University

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