Hephaestus Fossae

This VIS image is located at the eastern end of Hephaestus Fossae. Hephaestus Fossae is a channel system in Utopia Planitia near Elysium Mons. It has been proposed that the channel formed by the release of melted subsurface ice during the impact event that created a large crater west of this image. The method of formation for this complex feature at end of the channel is still unknown. Orbit Number: 72659 Latitude: 17.3167 Longitude: 126.988 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2018-05-01 22:42 https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA22621