Topographic map of northern Eumenides Dorsum on Mars

This colour-coded topographic image shows the northern tip of Mars’s Eumenides Dorsum mountains, near the martian equator.

It was created from data collected by ESA’s Mars Express on 16 October 2024 (orbit 26245) and is based on a digital terrain model of the region, from which the topography of the landscape can be derived. Lower parts of the surface are shown in blues and purples, while higher altitude regions show up in whites and reds, as indicated on the scale to the top right.

North is to the right. The ground resolution of the original image is approximately 20 m/pixel and the image is centred at about 12°N/200°E.

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[Image description: A colour-enhanced view of Mars’s surface showing a large circular impact crater on the right side with a bright blue centre and a raised rim. The surrounding terrain is mostly smooth and shaded in green and yellow tones, with a broad area of darker, rough-textured streaks spreading diagonally across the left side. A small colour scale bar appears in the top right corner.]