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Phoenix Back Shell After Second Martian Winter
Windstreaks
Narrowing in on Curiosity's Landing Site
Layers in Arsia Mons Volcano
Tharsis Volcanics
Polar Dunes
Mars Volcanic Cone with Hydrothermal Deposits
Intra-Crater Structure in NW Hellas Basin, Mars
Spirit's View on Sol 142 (3-D)
Strengths of Materials in Ganges Mensa
Spirit's Surroundings on 'West Spur,' Sol 305 (3-D)
'Naturaliste' Crater, Opportunity SOl 387 (3-D)
$This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey captures Mangala Fossa. Mangala Fossa is a graben, which in geologic terminology translates into a long parallel to semi-parallel fracture or trough.$

Mangala Fossa
Layers in Lower Formation of Gale Crater Mound
Memnonia Sulci
Opportunity's Eighth Anniversary View From 'Greeley Haven'
Northern Sinus Meridiani Stereo
Spirit's Neighborhood in 'Columbia Hills,' in Stereo
Iani Chaos
Martz Crater
Opportunity's Shadow and Endeavour Crater Vista
Juventae Chasma
Margaritifer Chaos
$This region of arcuate (or curved) fractures is located north of Apollinaris Mons as seen by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft.$

Arcuate Fractures
Channel
New Record Five-Wheel Drive, Spirit's Sol 1856 (Stereo)
Linear Ridges
Ascraeus Mons
Elator Vallis
MAHLI's First Night Imaging of Martian Rock Under Ultraviolet Lighting
Granicus Valles
True 3-D View of 'Columbia Hills' from an Angle
Images of Gale #13
Arsia Mons
Flooded Crater
Spirit's View on Sol 124 (3-D)
Southeastern Scarp of Olympus Mons
Ganges Chasma
Acheron Fossae
$This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft of the Claritas Fossae region illustrates how fractures affect other features. In this instance, the fractures control the path of several channels (from upper right towards lower left).$

Fractures and Channels
Destination Gale Crater in August 2012
Staking out Curiosity's Landing Site
Opportunity's Surroundings on Sol 1687 (Stereo)
Spirit Close to "Troy," Sol 1871
Gordii Fossae
Panoramic View From Near 'Point Lake' in Gale Crater, Sol 106
Arsia Mons Flows
Ares Vallis Polygons
Hecates Tholus
Curiosity's Wheel During Descent
Hesperia Planum