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This image shows Aganippe Fossa, a snaking groove found at the foot of Mars’s giant Arsia Mons volcano, in a wider context. The area outlined by the larger white box indicates the area imaged by the High Resolution Stereo Camera aboard ESA’s Mars Express orbiter on 13 December 2023 during orbit 25189, while the smaller white box shows the part of the surface featured in these new images.
[Image description: This map shows a patch of Mars with two volcanos marked. Also indicated is a long white rectangle labelled 'HRSC orbit 25 189' and a smaller rectangle within. Inside the smaller rectangle, we see the label 'Aganippe Fossa'. The colouring of the map provides information about the height of the land, with the highest land shown in white and the lowest in green. The area marked with the small rectangle is red.]