Hephaestus Fossae

This VIS image is located in Utopia Planitia and shows part of Hephaestus Fossae. Hephaestus Fossae is a complex channel system. It has been proposed that the channel formed by the release of melted subsurface ice during the impact event that created a large crater in the center 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: 81767 Latitude: 17.6969 Longitude: 125.709 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2020-05-21 00:22 https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA24014