Thyles Rupes and craters from above

This view was generated from the digital terrain model and the nadir and colour channels of the High Resolution Stereo Camera on ESA’s Mars Express. It shows a bird’s-eye view of Thyles Rupes, one of the most prominent cliff-faces in Mars’s ancient southern highlands. Frost can be seen throughout the scene; a particularly prominent icy deposit can be seen within the largest crater, and the edges of the South Polar ice cap are visible to the top left.

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[Image description: A pink-grey-coloured patch of Mars. A very prominent crater is present at the top right of the image; it is surrounded by a redder colour and filled with white. Three other less prominent craters are present to the lower left of the scene. At the very top left, some white colour that looks like ice can be seen. Overall, the landscape has a soft but barren appearance.]