Hadley Rille – Image courtesy of NASA

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The Hadley Rille, an example of a sinuous rille, is seen at the top of this image. Rilles probably formed by the collapse of lava tubes. Some rilles have flat bottoms with v-shaped profiles that may indicate that they are fault-bounded troughs produced by extensional tectonics that have been modified by lava flows.