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Tharsis Potluck

NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a portion of a dust-covered plain northwest of Jovis Tholus on Mars which is host to several overlapping, ancient lava flows and a channel containing streamlined features indicative of fluid flow.
PIA08478
Credits: NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
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22 May 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a portion of a dust-covered plain northwest of Jovis Tholus which is host to several overlapping, ancient lava flows and a channel containing streamlined features indicative of fluid flow.

Location near: 22.5°N, 122.3°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Northern Spring