Reull Valles in Approximately Natural Color
Caption:
Reull Valles, conspicuous southeast-trending fretted channel, dissects wall deposits of the large Hellas impact basin. Center of picture is at latitude 42 degrees S. longitude 258 degrees. Fretted channels are wide, flat-floored channels with steep walls, which may be runoff channels that have been modified and enlarged by mass wasting. Many nearby hills and mountains are surrounded by lobate debris aprons, which may have formed by slow creep of rock deposits aided by the presence of near-surface ice. Layering is exposed in the channel and crater walls. The color variations of the surface are very bland in this region; most of the variations seen in the enhanced-color version (
PIA00153
) are due to atmospheric scattering. Viking Orbiter Picture Numbers 126A08 (violet), 126A16 (green), and 126A24 (red) at 157 m/pixel resolution. Picture width is 161 km. North is 112 degrees clockwise from top.
Cataloging Keywords:
| Name |
Value |
Additional Values |
| Target |
Mars |
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| System |
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| Target Type |
Planet |
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| Mission |
Viking |
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| Instrument Host |
Viking 1 Orbiter |
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| Host Type |
Orbiter |
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| Instrument |
Visual Imaging Subsystem - Camera B |
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| Detector |
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| Extra Keywords |
Atmosphere, Color, Crater, Impact, Mountain |
| Acquisition Date |
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| Release Date |
1998-06-04 |
| Date in Caption |
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| Image Credit |
NASA/JPL/USGS |
| Source |
photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00322 |
| Identifier |
PIA00322 |
