Conamara Chaos Region (HR)

This HR view of the Conamara Chaos Region on Jupiter's moon Europa, reveals craters which range in size from about 30 to over 450 mt (slightly over 1/4 of a mile) in diameter. The large number of craters seen here is unusual for Europa. This section of Conamara Chaos lies inside a bright ray of material which was ejected by the large impact crater, Pwyll, about 1000 Km (620 miles) to the South. The presence of craters within the bright ray suggests that many are secondaries which formed from chunks of material that were thrown out by the enormous energy of the impact which formed Pwyll. North is to the upper right of the picture and the Sun illuminates the surface from the East. The image, centered at 9° Latitude and 274° Longitude, covers an area of approx. 8 by 4 Km (such as about 5 by 2,5 miles). The finest details that can be discerned in this picture are about 20 mt (66 feet) across. The images were taken on December 16, 1997 from a distance of 960 Km from Europa.