Collapse Pit In Tractus Fossae
September 17, 2012
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a 1.5 meters (5 feet) per pixel view of a large collapse pit (and portions of several smaller pits) in the Tractus Fossae portion of the Tharsis region of Mars. Such collapses usually occur along faults formed by expansion and pulling apart of the planet's upper crust. MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-1235, 29 September 2005
Credits: NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
Credits: NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
Topics:
Environment, Spaceflight, Mars, Spacecraft, Diacria quadrangle, Malin Space Science Systems, Tharsis, Tractus Fossae, Mars Orbiter Camera, Mars Global Surveyor, Planetary geology, Fossa, Tharsis quadrangle
