Context imageToday's VIS image shows parallel sets of depressions. These are tectonic graben formed when a block of material is down dropped between paired faults. Nilokeras Fossa is located on the margin of Kasei Valles.
Orbit Number: 85542 Latitude: 23.3657 Longitude: 300.935 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2021-03-27 20:13
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