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Faulting Mars
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Faulting Mars

NASA / JPL · 2016-07-15 · photograph (digital archive)

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This region of Xanthe Terra has mostly been contracted due to thrust faulting, but this local region shows evidence of extensional faulting, also called normal faulting.

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MarsMars Reconnaissance Orbiter MROHiRISE
Credit lineFaulting Mars. NASA/JPL, 2016-07-15. Public domain. ID: PIA20813.
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