11 September 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows
dark lava flows that have embayed -- flowed up against and into -- higher,
more rugged terrain in the Cyclopia/Aethiopis region of Mars (southwest of
Cerberus). Because they are relatively dark, these flows might have very
little dust mantling them; these might be among the youngest lava flows on
the planet. Nevertheless, the flow material does have a few small impact
craters that formed in its surface, indicating that it is not extremely
young.
Location near 6.0°N, 220.0°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Northern Autumn
