This VIS image is located in the central portion of Hephaestus Fossae. Hephaestus Fossae is a complex 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 south of this image. Additionally, the nearby Elysium volcanic center created subsurface heating that may have played a part in creating both Hephaestus Fossae and Hebrus Valles to the north. Orbit Number: 79159 Latitude: 19.0493 Longitude: 124.534 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2019-10-19 06:34 https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA23579