Deuteronilus Mensae, Mars – transition zone between the highlands and lowlands
Deuteronilus Mensae, Mars – transition zone between the highlands and lowlands
Deuteronilus Mensae is a region of Mars that is approximately the size of Germany. It forms a striking transition at the Martian dichotomy boundary between the southern highlands and the plains of the north, 1000-2000 metres below. This transition zone is characterised by numerous mesas, remnants of the erosion that stretched to the south. Today, these protrude from the landscape as ‘outliers’, bearing testimony to this erosion. The data used to create the images of this region were acquired by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on 25 February 2018 during orbit 17,913 of ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft. The landscapes shown here are located in the inner rectangle, which covers an area of 170 by 65 kilometres.
