Hellas Basin
Hellas Basin is the largest preserved impact structure on Mars. Over 2000
km in diameter and 8 km deep, the Hellas basin and its surroundings exhibit
landforms shaped by a diversity of geologic processes. Ongoing Hellas
region research at PSI includes numerous geologic mapping projects,
investigations into the development of circum-Hellas canyon systems,
degradation of highland terrains, emplacement of lava flows, evolution of
lobate debris aprons, and the morphologies and populations of impact
craters.
This perspective rendering of the northeast rim of Hellas basin and
Hesperia Planum is one of many new products being produced at PSI by Varun
Bhartia, an Arizona Space Grant intern from the University of Arizona.
Working with PSI researchers Les Bleamaster and David Crown, Varun is
helping to build a comprehensive collection of Mars Global Surveyor and
Mars Odyssey image products for our Geographic Information Systems layered
database.
