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Lava Levees

July 6, 2006
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the remains of leveed lava channels cutting across (west to east) a dust-covered plain composed of overlapping lava flows east of Olympus Mons on Mars.

6 July 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows the remains of leveed lava channels cutting across (west to east) a dust-covered plain composed of overlapping lava flows east of Olympus Mons, a giant volcano in the Tharsis region of Mars.

Location near: 22.3°N, 122.0°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Northern Winter

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