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This image shows a channel-fed lava flow in Daedalia Planum.

Context Camera imagery features multiple lobes and ridges. South of the Tharsis Montes volcanic range, flows in Daedalia Planum can be as long as 180 kilometers, while the plain itself is more than four times the size of Texas.


Image: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona https://www.uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_061865_1570
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