{"id":799518,"date":"2025-12-03T07:04:30","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T12:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=799518"},"modified":"2025-12-03T07:04:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T12:04:30","slug":"birds-eye-view-the-butterflies-and-dark-layers-of-idaeus-fossae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=799518","title":{"rendered":"Bird\u2019s-eye view: the butterflies and dark layers of Idaeus Fossae"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"modal__tab-content--details\">\n<div class=\"modal__tab-description\">\n<p>This view was generated from the digital terrain model and the nadir and colour channels of the\u00a0High Resolution Stereo Camera\u00a0on\u00a0ESA\u2019s\u00a0Mars Express. It shows a bird\u2019s-eye view of the Idaeus Fossae region of Mars \u2013 a region with layers of dark volcanic minerals, steep rocky outcrops, and an intriguing example of a butterfly crater.<\/p>\n<p>Read more<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><i>[Image description:\u00a0A reddish-brown, rocky surface of Mars with a large circular crater dominating the centre. The crater has steep, jagged edges and a shadowed interior, suggesting depth. Surrounding the crater is a flat, dusty plain scattered with smaller impact craters. The terrain appears dry and barren, with subtle ridges and textures across the surface.]<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2025\/12\/Bird_s-eye_view_the_butterflies_and_dark_layers_of_Idaeus_Fossae?rand=772187\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This view was generated from the digital terrain model and the nadir and colour channels of the\u00a0High Resolution Stereo Camera\u00a0on\u00a0ESA\u2019s\u00a0Mars Express. It shows a bird\u2019s-eye view of the Idaeus Fossae&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":799517,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-799518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-multimedia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=799518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/799517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=799518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=799518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=799518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}