Topographic map of the rugged region of Nilosyrtis Mensae
Topographic map of the rugged region of Nilosyrtis Mensae
Using the image strips that the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on Mars Express has recorded from various angles, researchers from DLR and Freie Universität Berlin compute digital terrain models of the surface of Mars. Each image point contains altitude information. The colour coding of the digital terrain model (legend in the top right-hand corner) provides information about the altitude differences in the Nilosyrtis Mensae region.
