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Hephaestus Fossae
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About this work
This VIS image is located at the eastern end of Hephaestus Fossae. Hephaestus Fossae is a channel system in Utopia Planitia near Elysium Mons. It has been proposed that the channel formed by the release of melted subsurface ice during the impact event that created a large crater west of this image. The method of formation for this complex feature at end of the channel is still unknown.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineHephaestus Fossae. NASA/JPL, 2018-08-08. Public domain. ID: PIA22621.
