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Rim of Crater Huygens on Mars

19 October 2004

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Huygens Crater Rim - 3-channels colour image

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This image of the eastern rim of the Martian impact crater Huygens was taken during orbit 532 on 20 June 2004 with a ground resolution of approximately 70 metres per pixel. The displayed region is centred around longitude 61° East and latitude 14° South.

The crater rim is heavily eroded and shows a ‘dendritic’ pattern. This observation suggests surface water run-off.The valley system is blanketed by dark material, which was either transported by a fluid running through the channels or by wind-driven (‘aeolian’) processes. Part of the area has been covered by slightly redder material, which implies a different chemical composition.

Credits: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum)

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This perspective view of the eastern rim of the Martian impact crater Huygens was taken during orbit 532 on 20 June 2004 with a ground resolution of approximately 70 metres per pixel. The displayed region is centred around longitude 61° East and latitude 14° South.

Credits: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum)

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This map shows the region displayed in the main images, the crater rim indicated here in context, centred around longitude 61° East and latitude 14° South.

Credits: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum)

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Huygens Crater Rim - grayscale nadir image

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Here part of the eastern rim of Crater Huygens is shown. The crater rim is heavily eroded and shows a ‘dendritic’ pattern. This observation suggests surface water run-off.

The valley system is blanketed by dark material, which was either transported by a fluid running through the channels or by wind-driven (‘aeolian’) processes.

The image was taken during orbit 532 on 20 June 2004 with a ground resolution of approximately 70 metres per pixel. The displayed region is centred around longitude 61° East and latitude 14° South.

Credits: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum)

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Huygens Crater Rim - red-cyan anaglyph image

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This 3D anaglyph image shows the eastern rim of Crater Huygens. The crater rim is heavily eroded and shows clearly the ‘dendritic’ patterns of flow channels. From above, they look like a tree or a river delta in reverse. This observation suggests surface water run-off.

The valley system is blanketed by dark material, which was either transported by a fluid running through the channels or by wind-driven (‘aeolian’) processes.

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This perspective view of the rim of Crater Huygens was taken during orbit 532 on 20 June 2004 with a ground resolution of approximately 70 metres per pixel.

The displayed region is centred around longitude 61° East and latitude 14° South.

This close-up view shows the heavily eroded crater rim, and part of the basin that has been subsequently filled by sediments transported into the crater.

Credits: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum)

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