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The colour-coded topographic view shows relative heights and depths of terrain in the western portion of the Acheron Fossae region on Mars. Browns and whites represent the highest terrain (lower left), which transition through red, to yellow, green and blue in the upper right, representing progressively lower terrain.
The image is based on a digital terrain model of the region, from which the topography of the landscape can be derived.
The region was imaged by the High Resolution Stereo Camera on ESA’s Mars Express on 4 May 2016 during orbit 15641. The image is centred on 36ºN/142ºW and the ground resolution is about 18 m per pixel.