Claritas Fossae

The linear depressions in this image from NASA 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft are some of the numerous graben that make up Claritas Fossae.

The linear depressions in this VIS image are some of the numerous graben that make up Claritas Fossae. Graben form when two faults cause a block of material to be dropped to a lower elevation. Orbit Number: 65197 Latitude: -35.7709 Longitude: 251.553 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2016-08-25 03:51 http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA21004