Mars Express mission: Ismenia Patera - impact crater or supervolcano?

DLR German Aerospace Center
- Web Portal News -


Mars Express mission

Ismenia Patera - impact crater or supervolcano?


Images from the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) operated by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft show the collapsed depression Ismenia Patera. There are two hypotheses regarding the formation of this geological structure – it is either an impact crater or the caldera of a Martian supervolcano.


Full article with images: http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10081/151_read-26706/year-all/#/gallery/30097


DLR Mars Express special:
www.dlr.de/en/mars

DLR special - Ten years HRSC camera on Mars Express:
www.mex10.dlr.de/index-en.html

Stay up to date - Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube:

http://www.twitter.com/dlr_en
http://facebook.com/DLRen
http://youtube.com/dlrde

For updates in German:
http://www.twitter.com/dlr_de
http://facebook.com/DLRde