Fossae in The Arcadia Quadrangle
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Map of Arcadia quadrangle with major features labeled. Several large fossae are indicated on the map
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Graben near Alba Patera. Graben and catenae, collapse features, both caused by faults. When the crust is stretched, faults form and material falls into voids created by the stretching. Uranius Tholus (upper) and Ceraunius Tholus (largest) volcanoes are visible in wide context view, below and to the right of Alba Patera. Image is located in Arcadia quadrangle. Image taken with THEMIS
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Forces from different directions caused this complex of grabens to form. Image is located in Arcadia quadrangle. Image taken with THEMIS
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Mareotis Fossae Region, as seen by HiRISE. Image is located in Arcadia quadrangle
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Tantalus Fossae, as seen by HiRISE. Click on image to see dust devil tracks. Image is located in Arcadia quadrangle
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Famous quotes containing the word arcadia:
“Et in Arcadia ego.
[I too am in Arcadia.]”
—Anonymous, Anonymous.
Tomb inscription, appearing in classical paintings by Guercino and Poussin, among others. The words probably mean that even the most ideal earthly lives are mortal. Arcadia, a mountainous region in the central Peloponnese, Greece, was the rustic abode of Pan, depicted in literature and art as a land of innocence and ease, and was the title of Sir Philip Sidney’s pastoral romance (1590)