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Hellas impact basin on Mars Hellas plain, a section of Hellas Planitia, a gigantic impact basin in the southern hemisphere of Mars measuring about 2,000 km (1,250 miles) in diameter. This picture is a composite of medium-resolution black-and-white and low-resolution colour images taken by the Viking 1 and Viking 2 spacecraft. Mars Hellas region of Mars, showing the planet's varied terrain. The eastern portion of the Hellas basin is the light area on the left; below it is the Amphitrites shield volcano. To the right are a number of impact craters. The dark area at the top includes remnants of lava flows from a second shield volcano, Hadriaca Patera. This picture is is a mosaic of images taken by the Viking spacecraft. Mosaic of the Martian surface. Hellas basin is the light region in the lower right. Its brightness is caused by carbon dioxide frost. This picture is based on images taken by the Viking Orbiter in 1980, during Mars's late summer. topographic map of Mars

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Type Description Contributor Date
Invalidated site: United States Geological Survey - Hellas. Jan 21, 2020
Add new Web site: European Space Agency - Northern rim of Hellas basin. Feb 12, 2012
Add new Web site: National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Hellas. Feb 12, 2012
Add new Web site: United States Geological Survey - Hellas. Feb 12, 2012
Article revised. Jul 09, 2004
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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