Young Lava Flows

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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