Tantalus Fossae are a set of faults on the eastern flank of Alba Mons, one of the great Tharsis Montes volcanoes.

May 29, 2012

Tantalus Fossae are a set of faults on the eastern flank of Alba Mons, one of the great Tharsis Montes volcanoes. Here a fault cuts into this crater, indicating that the fault formed after the crater. Material has filled in the crater floor and obscured any trace of the faults running across the crater floor, likely after the fault was active.

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