The Rugged Landscape of Hesperia Planum
Hesperia Planum is a broad lava plain in the southern highlands of Mars. The plain is notable for its moderate number of impact craters and abundant wrinkle ridges, and that feature is one that we can see running across the width of this scene.
This region is the classic area for Martian surfaces that formed in the “middle ages” of Martian history. The absolute age of these surfaces is not well known. However, using the abundance of impact craters, it is possible to determine that the Hesperian plains are younger than the ancient cratered terrains that dominate the Southern Hemisphere, and are older than low-lying plains of the Northern Hemisphere.
Image cutout is less than 5 km (3 mi) across and the spacecraft altitude was 256.4 km (159.4 miles). For full images including scale bars, visit the source link.
www.uahirise.org/ESP_021847_1590
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
The Rugged Landscape of Hesperia Planum
Hesperia Planum is a broad lava plain in the southern highlands of Mars. The plain is notable for its moderate number of impact craters and abundant wrinkle ridges, and that feature is one that we can see running across the width of this scene.
This region is the classic area for Martian surfaces that formed in the “middle ages” of Martian history. The absolute age of these surfaces is not well known. However, using the abundance of impact craters, it is possible to determine that the Hesperian plains are younger than the ancient cratered terrains that dominate the Southern Hemisphere, and are older than low-lying plains of the Northern Hemisphere.
Image cutout is less than 5 km (3 mi) across and the spacecraft altitude was 256.4 km (159.4 miles). For full images including scale bars, visit the source link.
www.uahirise.org/ESP_021847_1590
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona