Colour overhead view of Ismenia Patera
Colour overhead view of Ismenia Patera
This overhead view of the Ismenia Patera depression clearly reveals its varied features, such as flow traces, meteorite impacts and the fissuring of the deposits inside the crater. There are various opinions regarding the formation of Ismenia Patera – this circular structure is either an impact crater or a supervolcano. This coloured view was produced using data from the nadir channel, which is oriented perpendicular to the Martian surface, and the colour channels of the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) operated by DLR.