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This low Sun angle, high resolution picture shows in greater detail
the branching network of lava channels displayed in figure 200. The long
shadows along the channel network are formed by its natural levees of chilled
lava. The channels branch downslope, as is customary in lava distributary
systems on Earth. Small impact craters that postdate the lava flows riddle
the channel margins and bottoms and saturate the lava surfaces. Many form
lines of secondary craters. Tectonic displacements (faults) offset the
lava surfaces and cut across the lava channels; they are, therefore, considered
to be younger than the lava channels. -H.M.
Report Source: NASA SP-362, Page 192, Figure 201
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