Rim Of Crater Huygens On Mars

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This perspective view of the rim of Crater Huygens was taken during orbit 532 on 20 June 2004 with a ground resolution of approximately 70 metres per pixel. Credits: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum). Desktop Wallpaper available 1024 x 768

Paris (ESA) Oct 20, 2004
This image, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, shows the eastern rim of the Martian impact crater Huygens.

The image was taken during orbit 532 in June 2004 with a ground resolution of approximately 70 metres per pixel. The displayed region is centred around longitude 61� East and latitude 14� South.

Huygens is an impact structure, about 450 kilometres wide, located in the heavily cratered southern highlands of Mars. Crater counts of the rim unit of the impact basin indicate that it is almost 4000 million years old.

This implies that this basin was formed in the early history of the planet and indicates a period of heavy bombardment in roughly the first 500 million years of the planet's lifetime.

The basin shows an inner ring that has been subsequently filled by sediments transported into the crater.

The image shows part of the eastern rim of the crater. The rim is heavily eroded and shows a 'dendritic' pattern. This observation suggests surface water run-off.

Dendritic systems are the most common form of drainage system found on Earth. They consist of a main 'river' valley with tributaries with their own tributaries. From above, they look like a tree or a river delta in reverse.

The valley system is blanketed by dark material, which was either transported by a fluid running through the channels or by wind-driven ('aeolian') processes. Part of the area has been covered by slightly redder material, which implies a different chemical composition.

Image resolution has been decreased for use on the internet. This colour image was processed using the nadir (vertical view) and colour channels.

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Promethei Terra, Southern Highlands Of Mars

Paris (ESA) Oct 12, 2004
This image, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, shows a part of the southern highlands of Mars, called Promethei Terra.

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