Martian landscape. This HiRISE image shows banded ridges in low lying areas in the Hellas region, the largest impact basin on Mars. These sorts of bands suggest that the surface material has flowed and twisted viscously like taffy. The orientation of the ridges and groups of ridges would then point in the direction of the flow, called stream lines. Making this landscape even more complex is when we see that the ridges are sometimes disconnected, stopping abruptly. Image shows terrain less than 5 km (3 mi) across. A unique optimised version of NASA imagery. Credit: NASA/JPL/UArizona

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Size: 10240px × 4310px
Location: Mars, Hellas region
Photo credit: © NASA / digitaleye / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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