Coprates Quadrangle - Other Features in The Coprates Quadrangle

Other Features in The Coprates Quadrangle

  • False color image of Candor Chasma showing locations of hydrated sulfate deposits, as seen by THEMIS. Red colors show rocky places. Greens and blues show sandy, dusty areas.

  • Channels in Candor plateau, as seen by HiRISE. Location is Coprates quadrangle. Click on image to see many small, branched channels which are strong evidence for sustained precipitation.

  • Melas Chasma Fluvial Channels, as seen by HiRISE. Click on image to see meandering and branching channels made with running water in the past.

  • Branching channels on floor of Melas Chasma. Image taken with THEMIS.

  • Ganges Mensa, as seen by HiRISE.

  • Capri Mensa, as seen by HIRISE. Click on image to see buttes and layers.

  • Ophir Chasma Wall, as seen by HiRISE.

  • Ius Chasma, as seen by HiRISE. Click on image to see layers.

  • Ius Chasma Floor Layers, as seen by HiRISE. Scale bar is 500 meters long.

  • Ius Chasma Mesa, as seen by HiRISE. Scale bar is 500 meters long.

  • Channels near the rim of Ius Chasma, as seen by HiRISE. The pattern and high density of these channels support precipitation as the source of the water. Location is Coprates quadrangle.

  • Juventae Chasma Troughs, as seen by HiRISE.

  • Channels West of Echus Chasma. The fine pattern of branching stream beds were probably formed from water moving across the surface. Image taken with THEMIS.

  • Dendritic channels on mesa of Echus Chasma. Image is 20 miles wide. Image taken with THEMIS.

  • Wide view of crater showing dark dunes on floor and gullies on southern wall, as seen by HiRISE under HiWish program.

  • Close-up of dark dunes on floor of a crater, as seen by HiRISE, under HiWish program. Dunes are made up of basalt sand.

  • Part of wall of Valles Marineris, as seen by HiRISE under HiWish program.

  • Close-up of part of previous image of wall of Valles Marineris, as seen by HiRISE under HiWish program.

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