Washington, October 11 : Mars Express has imaged Daedalia Planum, a sparsely cratered, untextured plain on the Red Planet, featuring solidified lava flows of varying ages.

Daedalia Planum lies to the south-east of Arsia Mons, one of the largest volcanoes on Mars. It is 350 km in diameter and rises 14 km.

The plain is dominated by numerous lava flows of varying ages.

The images have a ground resolution of about 17 m/pixel and cover about 150 x 75 km or 11 250 sq km, an area roughly the size of Jamaica.

The region features numerous solidified lava flows of different ages. These flows originate at the southern flank of Arsia Mons. (ANI)