Friday, March 21, 2014

Tartarus Colles


The hills in this VIS image are part of Tartarus Colles. Several of the hills have dark slope streaks, believed to be formed by downslope removal of dust revealing the darker rock beneath.

Orbit Number: 53811 Latitude: 26.2606 Longitude: 186.421 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2014-01-30 16:28

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

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