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    Claritas Fossae Region

    Date: 31 Jan 2006
    Satellite: Mars Express
    Copyright: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G.Neukum)

    Image created by ESA Science from data contained in the Mars Express public archive. The selected colour scheme is an interpretation based on the original raw data.

    A further high resolution image of the Claritas Fossae region on Mars. Claritas Fossae is located on the Tharsis rise, south of the three large volcanoes known as the Tharsis Montes, and extends roughly north to south for approximately 1800 kilometres.

    Image Details
    Orbit Number

    530

    Image capture start 2004-06-20 T 04:03:58.326 Z
    Image capture stop 2004-06-20 T 04:10:59.293 Z
    Corners at
    Top Left: 255.65° -22.53°
    Top Right: 260.78° -22.39°
    Lower Left: 256.44° -41.50°
    Lower Right: 260.14° -41.56°
    Image Size

    164 x 1150 x 281 x 1153 km

    Source reference file

    H0530_0000_ND2.IMG

    Max. resolution of original

    31.4 m per pixel

    Max. resolution of processed file

    ~100 m per pixel


    Last Update: 28 Jun 2006

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