Mud_volcanoes_In_Mare_Acidalium,_Mars_01.jpg
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Summary
Description Mud volcanoes In Mare Acidalium, Mars 01.jpg |
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NASA wrote this caption for the image: This image in the Acidalia Planitia region of Mars shows numerous round hills that have a large circular depression on their tops. These pitted mounds may be ancient mud volcanoes that formed when liquid mud erupted from underground due to shaking from a nearby Marsquake.
Similar to volcanoes formed out of molten rock, or lava, mud volcanoes form as the erupted mud piles up at the surface. Acidalia Planitia was likely a large depression that filled with mud, sand, and other sediments that were transported here by water flowing from regions to the south. Written by: Chris Okubo (19 July 2023) |
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Source | https://www.uahirise.org/ESP_078491_2225 |
Author | Jim Secosky asked NASA to image this region with HiRISE under the HiWish program. |
Location on Mars | 42° 05′ 24″ N, 9° 45′ 25.2″ W | View this and other nearby images on: Google Maps | 42.090000; -9.757000 |
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