PIA22432: Young Lava Flows


Young Lava Flows

Caption:

Click here for larger image of PIA22432
Map Projected Browse Image
Click on image for larger version

The map is projected here at a scale of 50 centimeters (19.7 inches) per pixel.
[The original image scale is 55.0 centimeters (21.7 inches) per pixel (with 2 x 2 binning); objects on the order of 165 centimeters (64.9 inches) across are resolved.] North is up.

This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) shows remarkably young lava flows in Elysium Planitia . There are almost no impact craters over this flow, indicating that it is probably only a few million years old -- practically an infant in geologic time.

Background Info:

The University of Arizona, Tucson, operates HiRISE, which was built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, Colorado. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of Caltech in Pasadena, California, manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington.

Cataloging Keywords:

Name Value Additional Values
Target Mars
System
Target Type Planet
Mission Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
Instrument Host Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Host Type Orbiter
Instrument High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE)
Detector
Extra Keywords Color, Crater, Impact, Map
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2018-04-16
Date in Caption
Image Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA22432
Identifier PIA22432