True-colour bird's-eye view of the Idaeus Fossae region
True-colour bird's-eye view of the Idaeus Fossae region
The 'troughs of Idaeus' are named after the son of the last king of Troy in Greek mythology. The area is located between the Tempe Terra highlands in the west (above this scene) and the Acidalia Planitia and Chryse Planitia lowlands in the east (below the scene). DLR's HRSC stereo camera system on ESA's Mars Express spacecraft recorded this image data from an altitude of approximately 350 kilometres, with a resolution of 17 metres per pixel. North is to the right in the image. The section measures approximately 250 by 90 kilometres, slightly larger than the area of the German state of Saxony. A striking feature in the right half of the image is a crater with an egg-shaped outline, which is probably the result of a very flat angle of impact of the asteroid that struck it.
