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Becoming Chaos

NASA / JPL · 2022-03-14 · photograph (digital archive)

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Today's VIS image is located near Hydraotes Chaos. The linear depressions in the region appear to be the start of valley formation that are the first part of chaos creation. It is thought that removal of subsurface ice/water drives the formation of chaos.

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2001 Mars Odyssey Mars

Credit lineBecoming Chaos. NASA/JPL, 2022-03-14. Public domain. ID: PIA25201.

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